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Unknown

ca. 1640–50 · Opaque watercolor, silver, gold and ink on paper · Asian Art

A female devotee is worshiping at a Shaiva shrine inside a palace compound, with a lotus pond in the foreground. She has placed an offerings of fresh flowers on the linga and, as we know from the ragamala verse written above, is singing hymns in praise of her Lord, accompanied by hand cymbals (manjira). Intense, glowing colors underscore the true theme of this subject, the passion of devotion (bhakti).

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1640–50

Medium

Opaque watercolor, silver, gold and ink on paper

Culture

India (Himachal Pradesh, Mandi)

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1958