Krishna

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Kangra (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, the dejected Krishna, painting from a Rasika Priya series. Krishna sits alone in a lower room of a palace, while Radha converses with a female in an upper room.

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project SCRAN
Object type	Painting
Title	Krishna (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Paint Opaque Watercolour Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, dejected Krishna, from a Rasika Priyaseries, opaque watercolour on paper, Kangra, ca. 1820-1825
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, the dejected Krishna, painting from a Rasika Priya series. Krishna sits alone in a lower room of a palace, while Radha converses with a female in an upper room.
Dimensions	Height: 305mm Width: 219mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 234mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted borders width: 140mm (maximum) 05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description	The dejected Krishna, painting from a Rasika Priya series. Krishna sits alone in a lower room of a palace, while Radha converses with a female in an upper room.
Styles	Pahari Kangra
Credit line	P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles Bequest through Art Fund
Subjects depicted	Deity Palace Krishna
Bibliographic references	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. 306, cat. no. 66 (iii) Khanna, Balraj; Krishna: The Divine Lover, South Bank Centre, London 1997, ISBN 1 85332 166 4 cat. no.86
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.45-1949

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Record created	October 30, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O68876/krishna-painting-unknown/

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