Painting
ca. 1805 - ca. 1810 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a lady in pale yellow dress is seated in a crimson cane stool playing a green tamburawith a backdrop of greyish blue with touches of cloud. Behind her a maid in violet dress with veil waves a peacock feather fan as two quails strut alongside; a huqqais at her feet.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, lady with tambura, in style of Chhajju, Guler style at Chamba, ca. 1805-1810 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a lady in pale yellow dress is seated in a crimson cane stool playing a green tamburawith a backdrop of greyish blue with touches of cloud. Behind her a maid in violet dress with veil waves a peacock feather fan as two quails strut alongside; a huqqais at her feet. |
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| Content description | A lady in pale yellow dress is seated in a crimson cane stool playing a green tambura with a backdrop of greyish blue with touches of cloud. Behind her a maid in violet dress with veil waves a peacock feather fan as two quails strut alongside. |
| Styles | |
| Credit line | P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles Bequest through Art Fund |
| Historical context | 'Pahari' is the popular term coined for the paintings of the various Sub-Himalayan states. Most of the schools of Pahari painting developed and flourished from about the 17th to 19th centuries in the present state of Himachal Pradesh. This hilly region, then divided into twenty two small principalities, was ruled by Rajput kings or chieftains, who were often connoisseurs of art. |
| Production | Style of Chhajju; Guler style at Chamba |
| Subjects depicted | |
| 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.89, cat. no. 49 |
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| Accession number | IS.26-1949 |
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| Record created | July 21, 2000 |
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