Painting
ca. 1715 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a royal figure resting on a rug leaning against a cushion. An attendant fans him from behind with peacock feathers. Three other players sit around a red chaupar board with pieces with one of the players moving a game piece. Chaupar is a game similiar to Pachisi, where the pieces race around a board towards a destination at its center.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, nobles playing chaupar, opaque watercolour on paper, Kulu or Bilaspur, ca. 1715 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a royal figure resting on a rug leaning against a cushion. An attendant fans him from behind with peacock feathers. Three other players sit around a red chaupar board with pieces with one of the players moving a game piece. Chaupar is a game similiar to Pachisi, where the pieces race around a board towards a destination at its center. |
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| Content description | A royal figure resting on a rug leaning against a cushion. An attendant fans him from behind with peacock feathers. Three other players sit around a red chaupar board with pieces with one of the players moving a game piece. |
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| Object history | IS. 90 to 128-1954 were purchased for £150, from Maggs Bros. Originally in the stock of Abdullah&Sons of Hathipole, Udaipur, and earlier in the family collection of Thakur Iswari Singh of Bilaspur, Sirmoor, now a resident of Udaipur. Iswari Singh's great-grandfather Raja Kharakh Chand was ruler of Bilaspur (1824-39). The picture was among those which fell to Iswari Singh's branch of the family on the division of the collection. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Archer, W.G. 'Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills'. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1973. p338. |
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| Accession number | IS.123-1954 |
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| Record created | January 10, 2003 |
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