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Source Description
The Sanskrit text at the top describes the dancing woman in the doorway, who personifies the musical mode ("ragini") called Saindhavi: Wearing bangles on both hands and making [viewers] completely intoxicated, here comes the smart and happy girl Saindhavi, with movements [as graceful as] an elephant's. Clad in a red blouse, skilled in lovemaking, and adorned with breasts like waterpots and lotus-petal eyes more beautiful than an antelope's,this is Saindhavi Ragini.
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Document identity
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19519
label
Ragini Saindhavi
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
19519
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Ragini Saindhavi
description
The Sanskrit text at the top describes the dancing woman in the doorway, who personifies the musical mode ("ragini") called Saindhavi: Wearing bangles on both hands and making [viewers] completely intoxicated, here comes the smart and happy girl Saindhavi, with movements [as graceful as] an elephant's. Clad in a red blouse, skilled in lovemaking, and adorned with breasts like waterpots and lotus-petal eyes more beautiful than an antelope's,this is Saindhavi Ragini.
provenance
John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2002, by gift.
date
ca. 1700
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Manuscripts & Rare Books
miniatures (paintings)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36
height
25.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 3/16 × W: 9 15/16 in. (36 × 25.3 cm); Mat H: 19 5/16 × W: 14 3/16 in. (49 × 36 cm)
Source extras
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Golconda
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opaque watercolor and gold on paper
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2191
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INT
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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5319befc8b53bc23