Bangali Ragini

Object Details

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim

• Provenance

  1990

  Sale, London, Sotheby’s, Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, October 12, 1990, lot 41: “Bangali ragini: a girl dressed as an ascetic crouches on a stool before a shrine to the god Vishnu, a cheetah within the shrine, the roof decorated with elephants and faces” [1]

  From 1990 to 2018

  Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased at auction, London, Sotheby’s, “Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures,” October 12, 1990, lot no. 41: “Bangali ragini: a girl dressed as an ascetic crouches on a stool before a shrine to the god Vishnu, a cheetah within the shrine, the roof decorated with elephants and faces.”

  From 2018

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See auction catalogue from Sotheby’s, London. Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, October 12, 1990, lot 41.

  [2] See Acquisition Consideration Form, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

• Origin

  Marwar, Rajasthan state, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1630s, 1620s

• Name

  Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine, Benkaim, Catherine Glynn

• Place

  Rajasthan state, Marwar, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Cats, Art, Animals, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Temple, Cheetahs, Ragamala, Boy

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings