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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Kangra (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a woman standing on a rug, feeding a pet parrot; in the background are poppies; the parrot perches on one of two tall flowering shrubs. On the floor is a cage, a tray and some vessels.

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Categories	Paintings Animals and Wildlife Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project SCRAN
Object type	Painting
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Paint Opaque Watercolour Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, pet parrot, in opaque watercolour on paper, Kangra, ca. 1850-1870
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a woman standing on a rug, feeding a pet parrot; in the background are poppies; the parrot perches on one of two tall flowering shrubs. On the floor is a cage, a tray and some vessels.
Dimensions	Page height: 252mm Page width: 200mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 194mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 132mm 17/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description	A woman standing on a rug, feeding a pet parrot; in the background are poppies; the parrot perches on one of two tall flowering shrubs. On the floor is a cage, a tray and some vessels.
Styles	Pahari Kangra
Credit line	Purchased from Messrs luzac & Co., 46 Great Russell Street
Subjects depicted	Parrot Shrubs Poppies Cage Tray Woman
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 p. 309, cat. no. 73
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IM.282-1913

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Record created	October 29, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O68824/painting-unknown/

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