An opaque watercolor painting depicting a seated woman who is encircled by many lush trees, animals poking their heads out from them, and pink and white flowers. She sits in a bed of leaves and wears a pink bottom, brown top, and orange veil.
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A rectangular opaque watercolor painting depicting a seated woman who is encircled by many lush trees, animals poking their heads out from them, and pink and white flowers. There are two deer along the top-right, two birds near the top-left, and a yellow leopard along the bottom. The flowers are on long, narrow bundles and the buds are small. She sits in a bed of leaves and wears a pink bottom, brown top, and orange veil. She faces the viewer’s right and her left hand is tugging on her veil. Grey and orange clouds swirl along the top of the image. The entire image is framed by a thick, dark blue border.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.75
Title
Utka Nayika: page from a dispersed manuscript of Keshavadas's Rasikapriya(Connoisseur's Delight)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215369

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
sight: 27.31 x 17.78 cm (10 3/4 x 7 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Kenneth Galbraith
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.75
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stuart Cary Welch and Milo Cleveland Beach, Gods, Thrones, and Peacocks Northern Indian Painting from Two Traditions, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1965), page 111/figure 84

Exhibition History

  • Rasika, the Discerning Connoisseur: Indian Paintings from the John Kenneth Galbraith Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/1998 - 04/05/1998
  • 32Q: 2590 South and Southeast Asia, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/17/2019 - 11/06/2019

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