2002.309: Radha Talking with Her Sakhi on a Terrace, drawing from a Rasikapriya (Handbook for Poetry Connoisseurs) Series
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.309
- Title
- Radha Talking with Her Sakhi on a Terrace, drawing from a Rasikapriya (Handbook for Poetry Connoisseurs) Series
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 17th-18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/99354
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.9 x 16 cm (9 13/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Stuart Cary Welch, Jr. in honor of James Cuno
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.309
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The drawing depicts Radha, the consort of the Hindu god Krishna, on the terrace of her palatial abode. Her chin rests on her hand as she listens to her female companion (sakhi), who sits across from her. Beyond the palace walls are trees and birds. Dots of color throughout the drawing act as guides for the colorist to fill in that area with that specific color. The drawing is for a Rasikapriya (Handbook for Poetry Connoisseurs), a sixteen-century poetic treatise on love for aspiring poets and connoisseurs by Keshavdas (b. c. 1555). Through sixteen chapters, the work celebrates aspects of love using the Hindu deity Krishna as the archetypal hero (nayak), and his consort, Radha, as the heroine (nayika). Rajput Style, Kota School
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