Kaccheli Ragini, from a Ragamala

Kulu or Bahu school With its wide-eyed heroine seated beneath undulating creepers, head-butting rams, and brooding clouds, the painting has a wild energy. Its farouche quality is heightened by its enigmatic subject: a woman sitting outside a shrine with her hand on the rump of a ram butting another ram. Inscribed in white Takri on upper border: kachhelī raganī dīpake dī bharaj; black Takri following. Verso center top: black Takri-kachhelī raganī dīpake dī bharaj / pehla patra (first folio); center of page in dark black ink is nagari no. 1; center bottom in pencil in English: 160 x 156 mm, Kulu 1700, 18th century; A 2/67 a500 To 1967 Maggs Bros., London, England. [1] From 1967 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Maggs Bros., London, England in April 1967. [2] From 2001 to 2018 Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001. [3] From 2018 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [4] Notes: [1] Information obtained from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office. [2] See note 1. [3] See note 1. [4] See note 1. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Maggs Bros. Ltd. (founded 1853) Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim