Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

early 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mewar (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a noble and lady playing chaupar in a palace room.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Games
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Paper
Paint
Opaque Watercolour
Painted
Brief description
Painting, noble and lady playing chaupar, opaque watercolour on paper, Mewar, early 19th century
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a noble and lady playing chaupar in a palace room.
Dimensions
  • Height: 208mm (maximum)
  • Width: 160mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 163mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 114mm
  • Paper onto which object mounted height: 215mm
  • Paper onto which object mounted width: 166mm
05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project.
Content description
A noble and lady playing chaupar in a palace room.
Style
Mewar
Marks and inscriptions
(inscribed on border in Nagri)
Transliteration
'atarhatahibhasan'
Credit line
Given by R. W. Skelton, 1963.
Subjects depicted
Entertainment
Noble
Woman
Game
Associated object
IS.78-1963 (Copy)
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.77-1963

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O427179/painting-unknown/
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