Painting
ca. 1730 (made)
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This Pahari painting shows a woman looking in a mirror. She appears to have just finished bathing and is arranging her ornaments. A servant is drying her leg while another holds the mirror for her. Pahari is a style of painting particular to the Punjab Hills of northern India.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, lady looking in mirror, opaque watercolour on paper, Mankot, ca. 1730 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, showing a lady, naked except for a mauve dhoti, standing on a stool and looking in a mirror while she arranges her hair. A maid stands in front of her while a second maid crouches behind her, drying her right leg. |
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| Content description | A lady, naked except for a mauve dhoti, standing on a stool and looking in a mirror while she arranges her hair. A maid stands in front of her while a second maid crouches behind her, drying her right leg. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Rani is drying her hair' (handwritten on reverse, perhaps inscribed by a dealer) |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund |
| Object history | Formerly in the collection of Sir William Rothenstein. |
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| Summary | This Pahari painting shows a woman looking in a mirror. She appears to have just finished bathing and is arranging her ornaments. A servant is drying her leg while another holds the mirror for her. Pahari is a style of painting particular to the Punjab Hills of northern India. |
| 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. 379, cat. no. 37. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.125-1951 |
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| Record created | March 10, 2004 |
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