Bairadi Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes), ca. 1605–6, India (Rajasthan, Bikaner), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. (21 x 15.6 cm), Paintings, In this image lovers quarrel and the bedchamber remains empty, as evoked in a ragamala text: “That most beautiful one, wearing fine armlets . . . [is] holding off her beloved with her fly-whisk.” Much of Rajput style is distilled from early Mughal painting, as reflected in the architectural devices, the use of flattened color, and the figure types
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Bairadi Ragini, Folio, ragamala series, Garland, Musical Modes, ca, 1605–6, India, Rajasthan, Bikaner, Ink, opaque watercolor, paper, 8 1/4 x 6 1/8, 21 15.6 cm, Paintings, image lovers quarrel, bedchamber remains, empty, evoked, text, beautiful, wearing fine, armlets, holding, off, beloved, fly-whisk., Much, Rajput style, distilled, early Mughal, painting, reflected, architectural devices, flattened color, figure types
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