id:			314505
accession number:	2018.199
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.199
updated:		2022-01-04 18:08:51.373000

A Woman Charms Snakes in the Wilderness: Asavari Ragini, from a Ragamala, early 1700s. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Sirohi. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 22.2 x 16.5 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.); miniature: 18.4 x 13.3 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.199

title:				A Woman Charms Snakes in the Wilderness: Asavari Ragini, from a Ragamala
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creation date:			early 1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1725
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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:	Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Sirohi
technique:	gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 22.2 x 16.5 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.); Miniature: 18.4 x 13.3 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	āsāvarī rāgīnī
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fun fact: 
Unafraid, she offers a flower to one cobra and allows another to wind its way up her leg.

digital description: 
Wearing a blouse and skirt made of leaves, the heroine retains her jewelry and diaphanous veil. She speaks to a snake, and others approach, charmed by her beauty. The multiple colors used for the rocks add to the otherworldly quality of the scene, and even they seem drawn to her spiritual magnetism.

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