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Sohini

Painting
ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Bundi (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Sohini is seen in the centre of the painting, crossing the river with the aid of an earthenware pot to meet her lover Mahinwal, shown sitting on the opposite bank at top right. In the bottom left is a seated yogi (holy man) smoking a huqqa (water pipe).

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Hinduism
Sport
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleSohini (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paint
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Sohini swimming across river on earthenware pot, opaque watercolour on paper, Bundi, ca. 1850
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Sohini is seen in the centre of the painting, crossing the river with the aid of an earthenware pot to meet her lover Mahinwal, shown sitting on the opposite bank at top right. In the bottom left is a seated yogi (holy man) smoking a huqqa (water pipe).
Dimensions
  • Paper onto which object mounted; also absolute maximum dimensions of object height: 238mm (absolute maximum (object))
  • Paper onto which object mounted; also absolute maximum dimensions of object width: 235mm (absolute maximum (object))
29/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; not possible to accurately measure object on this date due to the way in which it is mounted
Content description
Sohini is seen in the centre of the painting, crossing the river with the aid of an earthenware pot to meet her lover Mahinwal, shown sitting on the opposite bank at top right. In the bottom left is a seated yogi (holy man) smoking a huqqa (water pipe).
Style
Bundi
Credit line
Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha.
Object history
From the Gayer-Anderson Collection.
Subjects depicted
River
Huqqa
Swimming
Pot
Sohini
Mahinwal
Bibliographic reference
Archer, W.G. Indian Painting in Bundi and Kotah Cat. no 21, p. 13.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.246-1952

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Record createdJune 27, 2003
Record URL
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