Khambavati Ragini: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: 1700–1725
Medium: Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 11 13/16 x 8 15/16 in. (30 x 22.7 cm)
Origin: India (Rajasthan, Marwar)
Department: Asian Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B28C73 · 24%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #D2B6A4 · 17%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #E6DACB · 15%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #744E43 · 10%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B4774E · 7%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #504037 · 7%

Clay Tablet · Brown family · #856352 · 6%

Granite Face · Gray family · #636E77 · 4%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #98715A · 3%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #6F715D · 2%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #978D85 · 2%

Dried Marigold · Orange family · #D38C43 · 1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #606E6A · 1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3A383C · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #40453E · <1%

Dusty Ballet Silk · Pink family · #A58788 · <1%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #F7CB6C · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #B9B0BC · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Uzi Zucker, 1978

12 tags

Related to Music Metadata · 98%

The title identifies the work as a page from a Ragamala series, explicitly relating it to musical modes.
Deities and Holy Figures Both · 99%

Brahma is named in the museum record, and the image shows a distinctive multi-headed, crowned seated figure.
Human Figure Both · 99%

Women are listed among the catalog subjects, and two female figures are clearly visible carrying trays in the foreground.
Food Both · 94%

Fruit is listed as a catalog subject, and the women visibly carry trays containing rounded red and pale objects consistent with fruit.
The Elements Both · 96%

Fire is listed as a catalog subject, and a small central vessel or brazier visibly contains flame-like forms.

Patterns Visual · 99%

Repeated floral, geometric, diamond, scalloped, and architectural motifs cover the floor, garments, walls, borders, and surrounding structures.
Dense Composition Visual · 98%

Figures, architecture, garden elements, patterned surfaces, borders, and an inscription occupy nearly the entire page in a tightly organized arrangement.
Earth Tones Visual · 96%

Ocher, rust, brown, muted green, dusty pink, cream, yellow, and dark blue-gray dominate the visible palette.

Painting Both · 99%

The museum classifies the work as a painting, and the image visibly presents a painted figural scene on a folio.
Watercolor Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the medium as ink and opaque watercolor on paper; the reproduction shows applied painted pigment but cannot independently establish the precise medium.
Album, Folio and Fan Formats Both · 99%

The catalog identifies the object as a folio and a page from a dispersed series; the image shows a vertically oriented decorated folio with borders and an inscription band.

18th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to 1700–1725, which falls within the eighteenth century.

Unknown artist. Khambavati Ragini: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.