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Bhairava Raga

Indian, Rajasthani
about 1710
Object Place: Bikaner or late Mughal, Rajasthan, Northern India

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions Height x width: 29.2 × 20.2 cm (11 1/2 × 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number17.71
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsIn Urdu: "The first raga, Bhairava, the 4 watches before the dawn" (AKC)
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA in 1917, through Ananda Coomaraswamy, who was not yet curator at the time.