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Asian Art
Ragini Deva Gandhara, from a Garland of Musical Modes (Ragamala) manuscript
18th century
Opaque watercolor on paper
Approx.: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (44.5 × 29.8 cm)
Gift of Lauder Greenway, B.A. 1925, Ph.D. 1930
1939.554
Geography:
India
Status:
Culture:
Indian
Period:
Mughal dynasty (1526–1857)
Classification:
Paintings
Provenance:
Said to have been given by the Maharaja of Kishangarh to a British army officer for services in 1857; Imre Schwaiger (1868-1940), New Delhi, India; acquired in 1938 in India by Lauder Greenway (1904–1981), New York; gift in 1939 to Yale University Art Gallery, New haven, Conn.
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