Sohini

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Bundi (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Sohini is seen in the centre of the painting, crossing the river with the aid of an earthenware pot to meet her lover Mahinwal, shown sitting on the opposite bank at top right. In the bottom left is a seated yogi (holy man) smoking a huqqa (water pipe).

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Sport Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project SCRAN
Object type	Painting
Title	Sohini (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, Sohini swimming across river on earthenware pot, opaque watercolour on paper, Bundi, ca. 1850
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Sohini is seen in the centre of the painting, crossing the river with the aid of an earthenware pot to meet her lover Mahinwal, shown sitting on the opposite bank at top right. In the bottom left is a seated yogi (holy man) smoking a huqqa (water pipe).
Dimensions	Paper onto which object mounted; also absolute maximum dimensions of object height: 238mm (absolute maximum (object)) Paper onto which object mounted; also absolute maximum dimensions of object width: 235mm (absolute maximum (object)) 29/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; not possible to accurately measure object on this date due to the way in which it is mounted
Content description	Sohini is seen in the centre of the painting, crossing the river with the aid of an earthenware pot to meet her lover Mahinwal, shown sitting on the opposite bank at top right. In the bottom left is a seated yogi (holy man) smoking a huqqa (water pipe).
Style	Bundi
Credit line	Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha.
Object history	From the Gayer-Anderson Collection.
Subjects depicted	River Huqqa Swimming Pot Sohini Mahinwal
Bibliographic reference	Archer, W.G. Indian Painting in Bundi and Kotah Cat. no 21, p. 13.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.246-1952

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Record created	June 27, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O81757/sohini-painting-unknown/

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