Harsha Hambira Kalyana Raga
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Caption
Attributed to Bhagvan. Harsha Hambira Kalyana Raga, before 1795. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, sheet: 9 7/16 x 6 5/8 in. (24.0 x 16.8 cm) image: 8 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (22.1 x 14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 80.277.8. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
Harsha Hambira Kalyana Raga
Date
before 1795
Geography
Place made: Punjab Hills, India
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 9 7/16 x 6 5/8 in. (24.0 x 16.8 cm) image: 8 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (22.1 x 14.9 cm)
Inscriptions
Inscriptions in Brajabhasha on reverse: ". . . like the moon. . . holding a blue lotus in his hand: For pleasure, prosperity (or beauty), liberation, and appeasing a woman whose heart has been broken. This is Harshahambira Kalyana raga, always pleasing and sung by the notes resembling the sounds of a deer."
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
80.277.8
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