Two Women Pluck Flowers on a Terrace: Gunakali Ragini, from a Ragamala

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Two Women Pluck Flowers on a Terrace: Gunakali Ragini, from a Ragamala

Date
c. 1650
Medium
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Culture
Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
314434

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A woman with dark complexion and her fair-skinned companion collect flowers in a white bowl from a plant growing in a golden pot. Two huge yellow bolsters set rakishly on the bed suggest restlessness inside the chamber. A gold box for breath-freshening betel ( paan ) is on the bed, and golden wine vessels are in the two turrets and on the roof, probably to be drunk while watching for her lover to arrive. The musical mode Gunakari is performed before sunrise, suggested by the black background.

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Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Provenance
?-2018: Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2018-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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