id:			314434
accession number:	2018.130
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.130
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:18.410000

Two Women Pluck Flowers on a Terrace: Gunakari Ragini, from a Ragamala, c. 1650. Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 21 x 16.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.130

title:				Two Women Pluck Flowers on a Terrace: Gunakari Ragini, from a Ragamala
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creation date:			c. 1650
creation date earliest:		1640
creation date latest:		1660
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creditline:			Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

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measurements: Page: 21 x 16.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Verso: Gunakari Ragini; Text
Stamped, Tasvir Khana, No: 4, Datiya State (Later date), the lower stamp is not visible in the image.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018-
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fun fact:
The musical mode Gunakari is performed before sunrise, suggested by the black background.

digital description:
A woman with dark complexion and her fair-skinned companion collect flowers in a white bowl from a plant growing in a golden pot. Two huge yellow bolsters set rakishly on the bed suggest restlessness inside the chamber. A gold box for breath-freshening betel (<em>paan</em>) is on the bed, and golden wine vessels are in the two turrets and on the roof, probably to be drunk while watching for her lover to arrive.

wall description:

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IMAGES

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