Damayanti

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Bilaspur (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, the half-clad Damayanti (wearing only a small white textile aroud her waist) arriving at the palace of the King of the Chedis followed by a crowd of curious citizens. From a Nala Damayanti series.

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Myths & Legends Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project Architecture
Object type	Painting
Title	Damayanti (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Painted Painted
Brief description	Painting, Damayanti at the palace of the King of the Chedis, Nala Damayanti, opaque watercolour on paper, Bilaspur, ca. 1760-1770
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, the half-clad Damayanti (wearing only a small white textile aroud her waist) arriving at the palace of the King of the Chedis followed by a crowd of curious citizens. From a Nala Damayanti series.
Dimensions	Height: 172mm Width: 254mm (maximum) 24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description	The half-clad Damayanti arriving at the palace of the King of the Chedis followed by a crowd of curious citizens.
Style	Bilaspur
Object history	From the Sir William Rothenstein collection (residuary).
Subjects depicted	Heroine Palace Damayanti
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. 241, cat. no. 43 x.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.33-1954

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432909/damayanti-painting-unknown/

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