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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Arki (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Krishna with red halo playing the flute. A cow and milkmaids stand listening. Blue background, a tree with chalky pink trunk and fan-shaped branches.

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Musical Instruments Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Painted
Brief description	Painting, Krishna playing the flute, opaque watercolour on paper, Arki, ca. 1850
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Krishna with red halo playing the flute. A cow and milkmaids stand listening. Blue background, a tree with chalky pink trunk and fan-shaped branches.
Dimensions	With border height: 160mm Width: 114mm Height: 236mm With border width: 181mm Red border with white rules and yellow edging; crimson margin with floral Kangra-type scroll pattern
Content description	Krishna with red halo playing the flute. A cow and milkmaids stand listening. Blue background, a tree with chalky pink trunk and fan-shaped branches.
Style	Pahari
Marks and inscriptions	(Inscription; decoration; English; reverse; pencil)
Subjects depicted	Cows Milkmaids Deities Flutes Krishna
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. 6, cat. no. 23
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.203-1949

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Record created	July 13, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41569/krishna-painting-unknown/

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