Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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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