Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

second half 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a portrait of a bejewelled lady, wearing an orange turban holding a small blue porcelain cup.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Portraits
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Paint
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, lady holding cup, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, second half 18th century
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a portrait of a bejewelled lady, wearing an orange turban holding a small blue porcelain cup.
Dimensions
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 127mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 126mm
  • Height: 340mm
  • Width: 236mm
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A portrait of a bejewelled lady, wearing an orange turban holding a small blue porcelain cup.
Style
Mughal
Subjects depicted
Woman
Jewellery
Turban
Cup
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.74-1949

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O434035/painting-unknown/
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