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Abhisandita Nayika

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

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a lady, possibly Radha, is sitting leaning against a cushion with her head away to the left. Krishna strides to the right holding a lotus flower over his shoulder. A flowering tree stands before the flaring orange background and band of blue sky. This image of 'the estranged mistress' (abhisandita nayika) is from a Nayaka Nayika series.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAbhisandita Nayika (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, abhisandita nayika, the estranged mistress, with Krishna, opaque watercolour on paper, Kangra (Guler style), ca. 1870
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a lady, possibly Radha, is sitting leaning against a cushion with her head away to the left. Krishna strides to the right holding a lotus flower over his shoulder. A flowering tree stands before the flaring orange background and band of blue sky. This image of 'the estranged mistress' (abhisandita nayika) is from a Nayaka Nayika series.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 243mm (maximum)
  • Page width: 180mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 169mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 116mm
26/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
A lady, possibly Radha, is sitting leaning against a cushion with her head away to the left. Krishna strides to the right holding a lotus flower over his shoulder. A flowering tree stands before the flaring orange background and band of blue sky. This image of 'the estranged mistress' (abhisandita nayika) is from a Nayaka Nayika series.
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on the flap with Hindi verses in nagari characters defining the characteristics of the estranged mistress (abhisandita nayika). (Hindi)
Credit line
P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles Bequest through Art Fund
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. 309, cat. no. 74.
Collection
Accession number
IS.40-1949

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Record createdDecember 30, 2002
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