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early 18th century (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a girl sits on a chair playing the vina with her companion providing an accompaniment on the tambura.
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Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
Brief description | Painting, Large Clive Album, musicians playing vina and tambura, opaque watercolour on paper, Deccan, early 18th century |
Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a girl sits on a chair playing the vina with her companion providing an accompaniment on the tambura. |
Content description | A girl sits on a chair playing the vina with her companion providing an accompaniment on the tambura. |
Credit line | Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the V&A, 1964 |
Object history | This album of 104 folios known as the Clive Album was formerly the property of the Earl of Powis, Powis Castle. (RP 1959/1747) |
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Bibliographic reference | Jaffer, A. Furniture from British India and Ceylon: a catalogue of the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2001. ISBN 1 85177 318 5. p.116, fig.45. |
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Accession number | IS.133:23/B-1964 |
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Record created | December 15, 2006 |
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