Krishna

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Mandi (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Krishna playing the flute. In the background, Krisha is playing the flute to a herd of cows while Radha and gopis (milkmaids) attempt to draw water from a river.

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Religion Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Paint Opaque Watercolour Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, Krishna playing the flute, opaque watercolour on paper, Mandi, ca. 1820-1830
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Krishna playing the flute. In the background, Krisha is playing the flute to a herd of cows while Radha and gopis (milkmaids) attempt to draw water from a river.
Dimensions	Page height: 293mm Page width: 238mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 209mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 160mm 17/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description	Krishna playing the flute. In the background, Krisha is playing the flute to a herd of cows while Radha and gopis (milkmaids) attempt to draw water from a river.
Styles	Pahari Mandi
Credit line	P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles Bequest through Art Fund
Subjects depicted	Deity Flute Cows Milkmaids Radha Krishna
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. 366, cat. no. 61 Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4 cat. no.87
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.127-1949

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433031/krishna-painting-unknown/

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