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Madhava plays his vina before five women drawing water from a well, folio 3 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala
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One morning, Madhava sits beneath a tree to play his vina (stringed instrument). At this hour, women come to a well to draw water. Time unfolds across the figures of the five women. Two pull their full water pots from the well. One stops abruptly, hearing his musical strains. Two have become so entranced that they drop and break their pots in surprise and listen with delight.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineMadhava plays his vina before five women drawing water from a well, folio 3 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala, c. 1720. Northern India, Pahari kingdoms. Gum tempera and gold on paper; image: 19.1 x 28.6 cm (7 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.); page: 21.7 x 30.9 cm (8 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.93
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