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Source Description
This painting, Walters manuscript leaf W.876, dating to the 12th century AH/AD 18th, depicts 3 women seated within 2 leafy bowers. The Nayika (female lover or heroine) sits alone, while her 2 female companions, known as sakhis, converse in the other bower. The painting may represent Utka nayika, a classification for heroines who are awaiting or yearning for their lovers. Often, they are shown on a bed of flowers or leaves that they have prepared in expectation of meeting their lovers. In the landscape are animals engaged in various activities. An outcrop of rocks in the distance forms a horizon, above which is a blue sky streaked with light gray or white washes to suggest a thin layer of high clouds.
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Document identity
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31766
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Single Leaf of Nayika and Attendants in Leafy Bowers
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Source metadata
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31766
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object
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normalized
title
Single Leaf of Nayika and Attendants in Leafy Bowers
description
This painting, Walters manuscript leaf W.876, dating to the 12th century AH/AD 18th, depicts 3 women seated within 2 leafy bowers. The Nayika (female lover or heroine) sits alone, while her 2 female companions, known as sakhis, converse in the other bower. The painting may represent Utka nayika, a classification for heroines who are awaiting or yearning for their lovers. Often, they are shown on a bed of flowers or leaves that they have prepared in expectation of meeting their lovers. In the landscape are animals engaged in various activities. An outcrop of rocks in the distance forms a horizon, above which is a blue sky streaked with light gray or white washes to suggest a thin layer of high clouds.
provenance
John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2001, by gift.
date
ca. 1750
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CC0
language
en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
30
height
22
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 13/16 x W: 8 11/16 in. (30 x 22 cm); Image H: 7 1/4 x W: 3 3/4 in. (18.4 x 9.5 cm); Framed H: 20 1/8 × W: 15 3/16 × D: 1 1/4 in. (51.12 × 38.58 × 3.18 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
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opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper mounted on pasteboard
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2191
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INT
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MIS
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3171
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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