Utka Nayika

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Punjab Hills (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, utka nayika, a woman in a brilliant orange dress with dark blue veil seated on a bed of leaves in a grove of trees entwined with flowering creepers. Dark blue sky with stars, grey background.

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Categories	Paintings Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project SCRAN
Object type	Painting
Title	Utka Nayika (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Painted
Brief description	Painting, lady at tryst, utka nayika, by Harkhu, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Kangra style at Chamba, ca. 1820-1830
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, utka nayika, a woman in a brilliant orange dress with dark blue veil seated on a bed of leaves in a grove of trees entwined with flowering creepers. Dark blue sky with stars, grey background.
Dimensions	Image within innermost painted borders width: 100mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 160mm With border width: 175mm With border height: 220mm Fawn border with black rules. Dark blue margin with floral pattern in gold; dimensions verified 12/06/2013 as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description	A woman in a brilliant orange dress with dark blue veil seated on a bed of leaves in a grove of trees entwined with flowering creepers. Dark blue sky with stars, grey background.
Style	Chamba
Credit line	Purchased with Art Fund support
Subject depicted	Woman
Bibliographic reference	Archer, W.G. 'Indian Paintings From The Punjab Hills: A Survey and History of Pahari Miniature Painting', Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1973, p.89.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.192-1955

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Record created	July 21, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41926/utka-nayika-painting-unknown/

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