Radha

ca. 1660 - ca. 1670

Painted in opaque watercolour on paper, the nayika (heroine) of the Rasamanjari is Radha, in a dark green bodice and white and mauve skirt, raising her hands in protest at the words of her companion (sakhi) who is sitting opposite her. Radha is seated on a bright yellow carpet with red border and yellow floral decoration and leans against a deep red bolster. Grey pillars surmounted by a pale crimson portico and roof-top in dark-green with decorative patterning. At the base a pale blue plinth with typical 'monster-head' shaped projections. Background chocolate-brown; foreground dark green.