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Painting

ca. 1700 - ca. 1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Punjab Hills (made)
Kangra (made)
Guler (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting a seated courtier.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Portraits
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Paint
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Gold
Painted
Brief description
Painting, seated courtier, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Punjab Hills, Kangra or Guler, ca. 1700-1720
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting a seated courtier.
Dimensions
  • Height: 208mm
  • Width: 146mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 161mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 102mm
05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A seated courtier.
Style
Pahari
Marks and inscriptions
sri osti vejnatha "Sri Avasthi Vaijnath". (Inscribed on the reverse in nagari characters.)
Credit line
Purchased from Dr A. K. Coomaraswamy
Object history
Purchased from Dr A. K. Coomaraswamy, 39 Brookfield, West Hill, Highgate N. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.

RP 1912-3121M and 1912-3515M
Subject depicted
Courtier
Bibliographic reference
Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p. 145, cat. no. 4
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.76-1912

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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