Vasakasajja Nayika
Painting
ca. 1830 (made)
ca. 1830 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, in the style of Harkhu. A lady in a green bodice, yellow veil and orange red skirt seated on a bed of leaves and gazing to her left. In the foreground a dark grey stream with a pair of ducks. Background greyish-black.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Vasakasajja Nayika (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, the impatient mistress (vasakasajja nayika), style of Harkhu, opaque watercolour on paper, Pahari, Chamba (Kangra style), ca. 1830 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, in the style of Harkhu. A lady in a green bodice, yellow veil and orange red skirt seated on a bed of leaves and gazing to her left. In the foreground a dark grey stream with a pair of ducks. Background greyish-black. |
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| Content description | A lady in a green bodice, yellow veil and orange red skirt seated on a bed of leaves and gazing to her left. In the foreground a dark grey stream with a pair of ducks. |
| Styles | |
| Credit line | P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles Bequest through Art Fund |
| Production | Style of Harkhu |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | 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. 89, cat. no. 51.
Archer, W.G. 'Indian Paintings From The Punjab Hills: A Survey and History of Pahari Miniature Painting', Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1973, p.89. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.39-1949 |
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| Record created | July 21, 2000 |
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