id:			136959
accession number:	1961.43
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.43
updated:		2025-08-07 22:15:38.856000

Pancham Raga, c. 1660–80. Central India, Malwa, 17th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 19 x 13.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.); overall: 20.7 x 14.8 cm (8 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 1961.43

title:				Pancham Raga
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creation date:			c. 1660–80
creation date earliest:		1655
creation date latest:		1685
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creditline:			James Parmelee Fund
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culture:	Central India, Malwa, 17th century
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 19 x 13.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.); Overall: 20.7 x 14.8 cm (8 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscription: "Pancham Raga-A lord with intense looks and a disturbed mind who has the chauri moving (behind him) gazes at the pleasure-seekirig woman."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1961)
	opening date:   1961-11-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1961)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 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

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PROVENANCE

	(R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?– 1961
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1961–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” March 27, 1962, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	
	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr0917

	Dwivedi, Vinod P. “Two Kedara Ragini Paintings.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 55, no. 1 (January 1968): 18–27.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 23–24, fig. 4
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152190

	Leach, Linda York. <em>Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 85
	url:		

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IMAGES

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