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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Punjab Hills (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a yogi in a patched robe visiting ladies in a pavilion. Possibly a depiction of the ladies of Raja Raj Singh's court on hearing of of his death in battle against the forces of Sangra Chand of Kangra in 1794.

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Religion Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, yogi visiting ladies in pavilion, opaque watercolour on paper, Punjab Hills (Pahari), ca. 1795
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a yogi in a patched robe visiting ladies in a pavilion. Possibly a depiction of the ladies of Raja Raj Singh's court on hearing of of his death in battle against the forces of Sangra Chand of Kangra in 1794.
Dimensions	Height: 267mm (maximum) Width: 211mm (maximum) Image inside innermost painted border height: 245mm (maximum) Image inside innermost painted border width: 193mm (maximum) 19/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description	a yogi in a patched robe visiting ladies in a pavilion. Possibly a depiction of the ladies of Raja Raj Singh's court on hearing of of his death in battle against the forces of Sangra Chand of Kangra in 1794.
Style	Pahari
Credit line	Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund
Object history	Previously in the Rothenstein Collection.
Subjects depicted	Women Pavilion
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.156-1951

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433195/painting-unknown/

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