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अभिसारिका नायिका Abhisarika Nayika c.1840
Opaque watercolour including metallic pigments on paper. | 28.6 x 20.7 cm (whole object) | RCIN 1005129
India
अभिसारिका नायिका Abhisarika Nayika c.1840
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Abhisarika Nayika: the lady going to meet her lover.
There are eight types of nayikas (heroines) in traditional Indian visual and performing arts, each representing different states or moods in relation to her hero (nayak).
The woman’s sakhi (female friend) helps lower her from a balcony into the arms of her lover who sits atop an elephant. An attendant stands with one hand on the elephant’s tusk.
The style of painting and its borders associate it with the artists of the Punjab in the early 19th century.
Provenance
This painting is one of a group twelve (RCINS 925221-32) found in an Indian silk brocade folder acquired by Edward VII when Prince of Wales, likely during his Tour of India in 1875-6.
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Medium and techniques
Opaque watercolour including metallic pigments on paper.
Measurements
28.6 x 20.7 cm (whole object)
22.3 x 14.4 cm (image)
