Abhisarika Nayika
Painting
ca. 1840 (made)
ca. 1840 (made)
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Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a lady braving the night to keep a tryst on a night of storm, trees and snakes surrounding her, Abhisarika Nayika.
Object details
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| Title | Abhisarika Nayika (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, lady keeping tryst on stormy night, Abhisarika Nayika, Bilaspur, ca. 1840 |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a lady braving the night to keep a tryst on a night of storm, trees and snakes surrounding her, Abhisarika Nayika. |
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| Content description | Abhisarika Nayika, a lady braving the night to keep a tryst on a night of storm. |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund |
| Object history | Previously in the Rothenstein Collection. |
| 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. 236, cat. no. 28. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.173-1951 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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