Nawam Mir Qasim Ali watching dancers

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Murshidabad (made)

A rectangular page in landscape format showing a pavilion in which a man (Nawab Mir Qasim Ali) sits on the left smoking a huqqa in the company of a lady. Two female attendants hold morchhals (peacock-feather fans) above him. The Nawab is watching a female dancer, who is accompanied by two more women and four male musicians. Four further women sit on a terrace. The foreground shows a stylised garden with flower beds and a fountain.

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Category	Entertainment & Leisure
Object type	Painting
Title	Nawam Mir Qasim Ali watching dancers (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Opaque water colour on paper
Brief description	Nawab Mir Qasim Ali entertaining, watercolour on paper, Murshidabad, ca. 1770
Physical description	A rectangular page in landscape format showing a pavilion in which a man (Nawab Mir Qasim Ali) sits on the left smoking a huqqa in the company of a lady. Two female attendants hold morchhals (peacock-feather fans) above him. The Nawab is watching a female dancer, who is accompanied by two more women and four male musicians. Four further women sit on a terrace. The foreground shows a stylised garden with flower beds and a fountain.
Dimensions	Height: 240mm Width: 330mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 203mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted borders width: 290mm (maximum) 14/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Object history	Formerly in the collection of Peter Cochrane
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.67-2006

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Record created	May 29, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O155087/nawam-mir-qasim-ali-watching-painting-unknown/

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