Painting
ca. 1760 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a lady smoking a huqqa; in the background a grey lake and wooded meadow.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, lady smoking, possibly by Manaku, opaque watercolour on paper, Guler, ca. 1760 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a lady smoking a huqqa; in the background a grey lake and wooded meadow. |
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| Content description | A lady smoking a huqqa; in the background a grey lake and wooded meadow. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Inscribed in Persian; the inscription apparently referring to 'the painter Manaku' Tehri Garhwal. The inscription is very difficult to read.) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| 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
pp. 157-8, cat. no. 40 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.91-1952 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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