Desi Ragini
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Caption
Indian. Desi Ragini, early 18th century. Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, sheet: 9 x 7 7/16 in. (22.9 x 18.9 cm) image: 7 x 5 3/8 in. (17.8 x 13.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alan Kirschbaum, 80.268.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Culture
Title
Desi Ragini
Date
early 18th century
Geography
Possible place made: Gujarat, India, Possible place made: Southern region, Rajasthan, India
Medium
Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 9 x 7 7/16 in. (22.9 x 18.9 cm) image: 7 x 5 3/8 in. (17.8 x 13.7 cm)
Inscriptions
Recto, in outer margin, upper left. In black ink in Devanagari script: Ragini Desi. In unpainted band at top of illustration. In pale red ink, in Devanagari script: Ragini Desi vastrani sava ragani Gauri. [to be trans] Near upper right margin. Ragani Desi.
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Kirschbaum
Accession Number
80.268.2
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