
ca. 1751
Nainsukh
SSEA
Painting, gouache or opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a tiny figure in a white turban and orange-brown jama (tied to the right in Muslim fashion) sits smoking a hookah at the window of a palace. He gazes to the right where two figures attend to him. Three figures are at a window on the right and four more are on the left. Below, in the courtyard are two groups of servants, their jamas tied to the left Hindu-style. Some of courtiers and servants are letting off fireworks, one holding an up-turned bowl, another a bird-cage, and three holding hawks.
- Maker/Artist
- Nainsukh
- Classification
- Painting
- Locations
- region: Punjab Hills
- Dimensions
- Height: 247 mm Width: 161 mm Height: 241 mm Width: 155 mm
- Departments
- SSEA
- Accession Number
- IM.5-1912
- Credit Line
- Purchased from Dr A. K. Coomaraswamy
- Rights Statement
- arr
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