id:			131671
accession number:	1954.261
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.261
updated:		2023-03-09 12:47:54.730000

Gunakali Ragini, c. 1750. India, Rajasthan, probably Jaipur, 18th century. Color on paper; image: 23.6 x 15.6 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.); overall: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1954.261

title:				Gunakali Ragini
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creation date:			c. 1750
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		1755
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	India, Rajasthan, probably Jaipur, 18th century
technique:	color on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 23.6 x 15.6 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Overall: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Rajput Painting
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Rajput Painting</i>. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 22, 1961).

	title:		Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music
	opening date:   1996-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Asia House, New York City, "Rajput Painting," Dec. 3, 1960-Jan. 22, 1961.

* Main gallery rotation (gallery 245): November 2, 2015 - April 4, 2016.

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PROVENANCE

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Paintings made in the city of Jaipur took on a confectionary palette that became popular among newly expanded markets around India and abroad. With the disintegration of centralized imperial power, the Rajput kingdom of Jaipur began independently producing art that had mass appeal. Sets of paintings by royal court artists, such as the Ragamala series from which this page came, were made for sale, rather than for the private collection of the king. The revenues from their sale ensured the prosperity of the kingdom. The verse associated with Gunakali Ragini, a wintertime raga, states that the heroine “sets mandara flowers in a golden jar and seated, plucks them, with her mind fixed on love’s sport.”
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 770
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n138

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IMAGES

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