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Three Musicians Perform Before a King: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala

Date: c. 1650
Medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Culture: Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 314436

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A king sits on a throne with a yogic band around his legs, listening to the music of two sages: a blue-skinned sage on a stringed instrument (vina), and a white-skinned one playing cymbals. A standing percussionist accompanies them on a drum. An attendant behind the king holds the royal canopy over his head. Rainspouts in the form of mythical elephant-crocodiles ( makara ) hold yellow flags in their trunks.

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Credit line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Provenance: 1989-2001: Ralph Benkaim [1914-2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, by descent to Catherine Benkaim | 2001-2018: 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