Page from a Ragamala Series: Malkos Raga (Primary Title)

Unidentified (Artist)

ca. 1660
Indian, Central India, Malwa
Paintings
Works On Paper
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 in. (21.27 × 15.24 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
2018.188
Three lines of devanagari script in black ink near upper edge on verso. Ornate stamp (Datia) in purple ink with black ink inscription at center on verso. Inscribed in black ink at right edge on verso: "Melkews"(?). Inscribed in graphite along lower edge: "A", "FR12210/67" (strike-through), "TR16291/65", "2012.015/13", "825YM" and "QXT-201-7(54)".
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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