Painting
ca. 1750 (made)
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This idealised portrait of a lady, surrounded by multiple layers of decorative mount, would have been a page in an album rather than viewed as a single painting. Images of beautiful women were frequently used as double-page spreads in albums, often alternating with pages of calligraphy.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
Brief description | Painting, lady with a huqqa pipe, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, probably Lucknow, ca. 1750 |
Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, an elegant lady is shown at a balcony hung with rich textiles. She is adorned with jewels, and holds the stem of a huqqa. |
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Content description | An elegant lady is shown at a balcony hung with rich textiles. She is adorned with jewels, and holds the stem of a huqqa. |
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Credit line | Purchased from the London-based dealer Mirza Ysuff Khan, 1 Coptic Street, Bloomsbury, WC |
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Summary | This idealised portrait of a lady, surrounded by multiple layers of decorative mount, would have been a page in an album rather than viewed as a single painting. Images of beautiful women were frequently used as double-page spreads in albums, often alternating with pages of calligraphy. |
Bibliographic reference | Swallow, D., Stronge, S., Crill, R., Koezuka, T., editor and translator, "The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts", Victoria & Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan, 1993.
p. 146, cat. no. 130 |
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Accession number | IM.122-1911 |
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Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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