- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1967.22
- Title
- Reclining Noblewoman with falcon and attendant
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Kashmir, Basohli
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/216299
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; Basohli Style
- Dimensions
- folio: max. 11.2 x 16 cm (4 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
- Accession Year
- 1967
- Object Number
- 1967.22
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Reclining on a white daybed with an orange skirt is a noblewoman. She leans on a cylindrical red cushions with white dots. Her left arm, outstretched, holds the ends of jess strings that lead to the feet of a white falcon. The bird of prey is perched on the noblewoman’s gloved right hand. She wears a brown cropped top and blue and green striped trousers. A translucent skirt with black trim covers her trousers. She and her female attendant, who stands on the left holding up a cup, are richly bedecked in jewelry, much of it composed of pearls. Basohli Style
- Exhibition History
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Out of the Hills: Miniature Painting from Himalayan India, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/26/1984 - 07/08/1984
ReVisions, Indian Artists Engaging Traditions , Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 04/04/2009 - 01/10/2010
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