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Painting

ca. 1760 - ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, inside a palace, a rani touches a mural of the goddess Lakshmi with a tuft of grass. A Brahmin sits beside her, with his head covered. Several women gather together. To the upper right, a party of seven musicians beat large kettle-drums and play trumpets. Outside the palace, a lady seeks admission from a door-keeper.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, festival of Lakshmi, from a Maha Lakshmi series, opaque watercolour on paper, Pahari, Guler, ca. 1760-1770
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, inside a palace, a rani touches a mural of the goddess Lakshmi with a tuft of grass. A Brahmin sits beside her, with his head covered. Several women gather together. To the upper right, a party of seven musicians beat large kettle-drums and play trumpets. Outside the palace, a lady seeks admission from a door-keeper.
Dimensions
  • Length: 160mm
  • Width: 240mm
  • With borders length: 210mm
  • With borders width: 290mm
Content description
A rani touches a mural of the goddess Lakshmi with a tuft of grass. A Brahmin sits beside her, with his head covered. Several women gather together. To the upper right, a party of seven musicians beat large kettle-drums and play trumpets. Outside the palace, a lady seeks admission from a door-keeper.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on the reverse in nagari characters 'sri maha lakshmi' and with Sanskrit verses describing the incident.
Subjects depicted
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. 159, cat. no. 45iii.
  • Jackson, Anna and Ji Wei (eds.) with Rosemary Crill, Ainsley M. Cameron and Nicholas Barnard, compiled by the Palace Museum, translated by Yuan Hong, Qi Yue and Liu Ran. The Splendour of India' Royal Courts : Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Beijing: the Forbidden City Publishing House, 2013. Text in English and Chinese. ISBN 9787513403917. pps. 112-113
Collection
Accession number
IS.62-1959

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Record createdJanuary 6, 2003
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