A painting of the Vasanta Ragini
A painting of the Vasanta Ragini

INDIA, AMBER, CIRCA 1710

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A painting of the Vasanta Ragini
India, Amber, circa 1710
A woman standing on a platform outside a palace and holding a fan, looking back over her shoulder towards a group of musicians, with attendants before her, all in an enclosed garden with trees and a golden sun beyond the palace walls, a panel with text at at top, surrounded by a silver floral border
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
10¾ x 6¾ in. (27.3 x 17.1 cm.), central panel
16 x 11 7/8 in. (40.6 x 30.2 cm.), folio
Provenance
George P. Bickford Collection, acquired in 7 February 1964
Private collection, New York, by inheritance
Literature
S. Czuma, Indian Art from the George P. Bickford Collection, 1975, cat. no. 97.
Exhibited
On loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art 7 February 1964 - 27 May 1977
Indian Art from the George P. Bickford Collection, 14 January - 16 February 1975 at The Cleveland Museum of Art; 20 March - 25 April, 1975 at the University Art Museum, The University of Texas in Austin; 5 October - 9 November 1975 at Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois in Champaign; 3 February - 7 March 1976 at Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; 28 March - 3 May 1976 at University Gallery, University of Florida in Gainesville; 28 May - 30 July 1976 at Phoenix Art Museum in Arizona; 5 October - 28 November 1976 at University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley; 2 January - 13 February 1977 at University of Michigan Museum of Art at Ann Arbor.

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