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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Jaipur (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a lady, possibly a Rajasthani princess, in a garden holding a bird in her outstretched hand. Over her head and shoulders she wears an orange muslin sari with gold borders, her outer skirt is of pale blue muslin, and her trousers are flower-diapered gold brocade.

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Categories	Paintings Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper Opaque Watercolour Gold Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, lady holding bird, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Jaipur, ca. 1720
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a lady, possibly a Rajasthani princess, in a garden holding a bird in her outstretched hand. Over her head and shoulders she wears an orange muslin sari with gold borders, her outer skirt is of pale blue muslin, and her trousers are flower-diapered gold brocade.
Content description	A lady, possibly a Rajasthani princess, in a garden holding a bird in her outstretched hand. Over her head and shoulders she wears an orange muslin sari with gold borders, her outer skirt is of pale blue muslin, and her trousers are flower-diapered gold brocade.
Style	Mughal
Credit line	Purchased from Arhur Churchill, Esq., 10 Dover Street, W
Subjects depicted	Woman Bird
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IM.107-1922

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O405497/painting-unknown/

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