Vilaval Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes), ca. 1680

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Vilaval Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes), ca. 1680, India (Rajasthan, Sirohi), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 8 3/4 x 6 3/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, The Vilaval ragaini is to be performed in the morning, as suggested by the sun rising in a dark sky. In poetry this raga is described as a lady preparing to meet her lover, and here she is shown looking in a mirror and fixing her earrings

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