Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

ca. 1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting a lady smoking a huqqa and reading, surrounded by a border of gold flowers on an indigo ground.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Paint
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Gold
Painted
Brief description
Painting, lady smoking huqqa, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1700
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting a lady smoking a huqqa and reading, surrounded by a border of gold flowers on an indigo ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 420mm (unframed)
  • Width: 270mm (unframed)
24/04/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
A lady smoking a huqqa and reading, surrounded by a border of gold flowers on an indigo ground. On the verso, a panel of calligraphy surrounded by a floral border.
Style
Mughal
Credit line
Purchased from Arthur Churchill, Esq.
Object history
Bought from Mr Arthur Churchill, with other paintings (IM.7 to 16-1913) for £141. RP 1913/1031;

Purchased from Arthur Churchill, Esq., 1,Selwood Terrace, South Kensington, S.W. 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 1913-947M
Subjects depicted
Woman
Huqqa
Book
Flowers
Associated object
IM.16:2-1913 (Verso)
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.16-1913

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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