Vipralabdha Nayika

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Chamba (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, in the style of Harkhu. vipralabdha nayika, a lady in pale yellow dress and brown veil stands beside a bed of leaves casting off her jewelled armlets, as she is tired of waiting for her lover, who has not arrived. Grey sky with stars and full moon.

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Categories	Paintings Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project Landscapes
Object type	Painting
Title	Vipralabdha Nayika (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Painted
Brief description	Painting, vipralabdha nayika, jilted mistress, style of Harkhu, opaque watercolour on paper, Kangra style at Chamba, ca. 1820-1830
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, in the style of Harkhu. vipralabdha nayika, a lady in pale yellow dress and brown veil stands beside a bed of leaves casting off her jewelled armlets, as she is tired of waiting for her lover, who has not arrived. Grey sky with stars and full moon.
Dimensions	With border height: 282mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 120mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 171mm With border width: 223mm Pink border flecked with red darts. Dark blue margin with floral pattern in gold. Dimensions verified 12/06/2013 as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description	A lady in pale yellow dress and brown veil stands beside a bed of leaves casting off her jewelled armlets, as she is tired of waiting for her lover, who has not arrived. Grey sky with stars and full moon.
Style	Kangra
Credit line	Purchased with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted	Love Music Woman Jewellery Lover
Bibliographic references	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. 90. cat. no. 52.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.208-1955

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Record created	July 21, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41930/vipralabdha-nayika-painting-unknown/

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