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A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala

c. 1695
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Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

Medium
gum tempera, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Measurements
Page: 38.1 x 28.9 cm (15 x 11 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.138
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“Dipak” means lamp; one attendant holds a lamp; another is on a golden stand.

Description

A sumptuous palace setting depicts the women’s quarters. In the upper register a woman approaches a bed made under a canopy on a terrace overlooking a lotus pool in the middle of which is a pleasure pavilion. An attendant holds a peacock tail feather whisk to indicate the royal status of the woman in the center; two musicians play drum and cymbals in the lower right.
A vertically oriented tempera painting depicts two scenes within an orange border. In the upper scene, a woman stands in a white pavilion beside a bed under a red canopy against a night sky. Below, a seated woman is attended by two maids under a pink arch. To the right, two musicians sit with drums. White birds and lotuses dot a dark pond surrounded by lush trees and peacocks.

A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala

c. 1695

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

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