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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.202.171
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Four Sketches Depicting Musicians, a Dancer, and a Nayika
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217689

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink on paper; Rajput Style
Dimensions
13.6 x 14 cm (5 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1973 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1973.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.202.171
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The page features four vignettes. The top left depicts a Rajput nobleman, with a turban and a long robe (jama) and a young, female musician holding a small harp. The top right contains a female dancer with her hands in the air and her right leg bent and peeking out from her long skit. She is accompanied by a female attendant on the right. The bottom left vignette bears a seated female musician, who wears a headdress and long dress, playing a tumbi, a type of string instrument. The bottom right depicts a nayika, or a heroine, leaning against a tree and facing a large crane. She wears a long, translucent robe, trousers, a crop top, and a shawl that covers her head and flows down her back. Rajput style.

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