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Abhisarika Nayika

Drawing
ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tinted drawing, ink and watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode abhisarika nayika, a lady walking through a forest at night with snakes at her feet.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAbhisarika Nayika (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Drawn and painted in ink and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Drawing, lady walking through a forest with snakes, abhisarika nayika, probably by Mangnu, attributed to Mangnu, Chamba, ca. 1870
Physical description
Tinted drawing, ink and watercolour on paper, illustration to the musical mode abhisarika nayika, a lady walking through a forest at night with snakes at her feet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 256mm (maximum)
  • Width: 195mm (maximum)
26/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Illustration to the musical mode abhisarika nayika, a lady walking through a forest at night with snakes at her feet.
Style
Object history
IS. 90 to 128-1954 were purchased for £150, from Maggs Bros. Originally obtained by Jagdish Mittal of Hyderabad in Chamba in 1952, from the family collection of Hira Lal of Chamba whose father's elder brother was the artist Mangnu.
Production
Pahari painting is a style of miniature painting of the Rajput courts in what is now Himachal Pradesh. Chamba, an important centre of Pahari painting, is situated in the Ravi Valley in the heart of the Himalaya mountains.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.109-1954

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Record createdOctober 21, 2002
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