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Vasakasajja Nayika

Painting
ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, the expectant lady, vasakasajja nayika, with peacocks representing the absent lover. lady looking out from balcony as the storm clouds break, peacocks greet the rain and maids on the terrace below scurry for shelter.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleVasakasajja Nayika (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, vasakasajja nayika, the expectant lady, opaque watercolour on paper, Mandi, ca. 1840
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, the expectant lady, vasakasajja nayika, with peacocks representing the absent lover. lady looking out from balcony as the storm clouds break, peacocks greet the rain and maids on the terrace below scurry for shelter.
Dimensions
  • Height: 300mm
  • Width: 232mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 215mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 146mm (maximum)
17/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; borders oval in shape
Content description
The expectant lady, vasakasajja nayika, with peacocks representing the absent lover. lady looking out from balcony as the storm clouds break, peacocks greet the rain and maids on the terrace below scurry for shelter.
Style
Subjects depicted
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. 367, cat. no. 73.
Collection
Accession number
IS.125-1960

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Record createdNovember 6, 2002
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