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Vipralabdha Nayika

Painting
ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Vipralabdha Nayika, the lady who has waited the whole night for her lover and now at dawn strips herself of her ornaments in disgust at his fickle behaviour.

Object details

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Object type
TitleVipralabdha Nayika (generic)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Vipralabdha Nayika, jilted lady, opaque watercolour on paper, Guler, ca. 1760
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Vipralabdha Nayika, the lady who has waited the whole night for her lover and now at dawn strips herself of her ornaments in disgust at his fickle behaviour.
Dimensions
  • Height: 278mm
  • Width: 179mm
26/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
Vipralabdha Nayika, the lady who has waited the whole night for her lover and now at dawn strips herself of her ornaments in disgust at his fickle behaviour.
Object history
Obtained in the same lot as Nos 102, 103 and 105; the group was purchased for £20-10-0 in 1951. Attributed to the artist Punch in the Registry.
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 pp. 152-3, cat. no. 23 (4)
Collection
Accession number
IS.102-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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