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May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016
A Woman Charms Snakes in the Wilderness: Asavari Ragini, from a Ragamala
A Woman Charms Snakes in the Wilderness: Asavari Ragini, from a Ragamala
early 1700s
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Page: 22.2 x 16.5 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.); Miniature: 18.4 x 13.3 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.199
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Unafraid, she offers a flower to one cobra and allows another to wind its way up her leg.
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Wearing a blouse and skirt made of leaves, the heroine retains her jewelry and diaphanous veil. She speaks to a snake, and others approach, charmed by her beauty. The multiple colors used for the rocks add to the otherworldly quality of the scene, and even they seem drawn to her spiritual magnetism.
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