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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
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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