Accession number
MS M.1235
Object title
Kuntala Raga (prince in an aviary) (MS M.1235).
Created
Bilaspur, India, ca. 1740
Credit line
Gift of William M. Voelkle, 2023.
Description
1 leaf : paper, ill. ; 234 x 188 mm
Provenance
New York, Sotheby's, sale 5040, 11 June 1983, lot 271 (unsold); William M. Voelkle; gifted to the Morgan Library & Museum, 2023.
Notes
Decoration: 1 miniature.
List of illustrations: Kuntala Raga, aviary, dovecot.
For similar iconographic theme, see London, Victoria & Albert Museum, IS.73-1953; London, Bonhams, 25 October 2022, lot 137*.
The leaf possibly comes from a Rāgamālā, or "Garland of ragas." The Indian ragas are six musical modes, personified by male Ragas, each of whom has five wives or raginis. The dovecot appears to be an attribute of Kuntala Raga, son of Dipak Raga. For other Rāgamālā images in The Morgan Library & Museum, see MS M.211 (36 images), MS M.995, MS M.997, MS M.1009, MS M.1012, MS M.1016, MS M.1035.5, MS M.1041.2, MS M.1048.3, MS M.1049.1-3, MS M.1059.2, MS M.1075.1, MS M.1075.4-5, and MS M.1060.2.
List of illustrations: Kuntala Raga, aviary, dovecot.
For similar iconographic theme, see London, Victoria & Albert Museum, IS.73-1953; London, Bonhams, 25 October 2022, lot 137*.
The leaf possibly comes from a Rāgamālā, or "Garland of ragas." The Indian ragas are six musical modes, personified by male Ragas, each of whom has five wives or raginis. The dovecot appears to be an attribute of Kuntala Raga, son of Dipak Raga. For other Rāgamālā images in The Morgan Library & Museum, see MS M.211 (36 images), MS M.995, MS M.997, MS M.1009, MS M.1012, MS M.1016, MS M.1035.5, MS M.1041.2, MS M.1048.3, MS M.1049.1-3, MS M.1059.2, MS M.1075.1, MS M.1075.4-5, and MS M.1060.2.
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