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Bundi or Kota school Prints
About the Bundi and Kota Schools
Bundi and its neighbour Kota (Kotah), two princely states in present-day Rajasthan, shared one school of Rajasthani miniature painting from the 17th century to the end of the 19th. Its earliest examples date from about 1625, and it was at its best in the first half of the 18th century. Because the work of the two courts is so close, a painting is catalogued as "Bundi or Kota" when scholars cannot say at which court it was made.
The school shows unusually strong Mughal influence, and the rulers' contact with the Deccan gave it a Deccani richness. Its painters are known for lush vegetation, dramatic night skies, water drawn as light swirls on a dark ground, and lively movement. Subjects range from Krishna and ragamala series, pictures of the musical modes, to royal tiger hunts and the life of the king. Kota had a brilliant late phase under Ram Singh II (1828–66).
Bundi or Kota school prints: reproductions of mid-18th-century Rajasthani miniature paintings that scholars attribute to either Bundi or Kota. The collection includes Melancholy Courtesan (1750), Malar Ragini: Krishna Playing the Flute to Seven Gopis Holding Musical Instruments (1760), Kanhara Ragini (1760) and Devagandhara Ragini: An Ascetic in Retreat (1760).
This selection is mainly ragamala, with pages of about 1760 showing Krishna playing for gopis with instruments, Krishna as slayer of the elephant demon and an ascetic in retreat, plus a single melancholy courtesan.
The musical subjects suit living rooms, music rooms and studies. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
