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Three Musicians Perform Before a King: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala
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A king sits on a throne with a yogic band around his legs, listening to the music of two sages: a blue-skinned sage on a stringed instrument (vina), and a white-skinned one playing cymbals. A standing percussionist accompanies them on a drum. An attendant behind the king holds the royal canopy over his head.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineThree Musicians Perform Before a King: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala, c. 1650. Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; 20.8 x 16.5 cm (8 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.131
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