Bangali ragini
1750
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1750
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Bangali ragini is a 1750 paint by Unknown, a Patna School of Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows two women in bright, patterned clothes sitting on a raised platform. One holds a bird on her finger while the other leans in. A yellow tiger lies calmly beside them, and a small boat floats on a river below. The background has a palace with arches and two figures on a hill, all framed by bold colors and gold accents. The text at the top is in a script that looks like it’s telling a story. The women’s clothes and the tiger’s bright fur stand out against the red and green walls. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A Ragamala painting rendered in opaque watercolour on paper depicts an illustration of the musical mode Bangali ragini. The scene shows a seated female figure in the guise of an ascetic, positioned within a palace courtyard where she is visited by a lion.
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