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Kangra School
Circa 1780
Natural pigments on paper heightened with gold
8.5 x 6.75 in (21.5 x 17 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY



A solitary nayika is enjoying her hookah on a balcony against an evening sky. Her beautifully painted face represents the glorious phase of the Kangra school during which artists drew facial features with a heightened sense of idealised beauty. She is shown resting against a large orange bolster, bringing the mouthpiece of a long green hookah pipe closer to her face while her left hand rests on a smaller cushion. Her delicately lined face is set with neat, elongated eyes, a sharp nose, and perfectly rounded chin. She is wearing an austere white jama (coat) with a delicate golden print and a matching dupatta that goes around her head and shoulder in a style that is a precursor to modern day Sikh‒style dupatta. Her elaborate jewellery, fingers and fingertips are rendered in fine detail. She is seated on a yellow carpet spread on the white floor of a balcony with a marble balustrade. A meticulously detailed (possibly glass) hookah is in front of her on the floor. An olive‒green middle ground behind the balcony with an arch formation frames her figure. The green is sharply contrasted with a bright orange horizon set leading towards a shaded blue skyline with a hint of crimson. The image has a pink border with maroon spray work on it.

Kangra School
Circa 1780
Natural pigments on paper heightened with gold
8.5 x 6.75 in (21.5 x 17 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY



A solitary nayika is enjoying her hookah on a balcony against an evening sky. Her beautifully painted face represents the glorious phase of the Kangra school during which artists drew facial features with a heightened sense of idealised beauty. She is shown resting against a large orange bolster, bringing the mouthpiece of a long green hookah pipe closer to her face while her left hand rests on a smaller cushion. Her delicately lined face is set with neat, elongated eyes, a sharp nose, and perfectly rounded chin. She is wearing an austere white jama (coat) with a delicate golden print and a matching dupatta that goes around her head and shoulder in a style that is a precursor to modern day Sikh‒style dupatta. Her elaborate jewellery, fingers and fingertips are rendered in fine detail. She is seated on a yellow carpet spread on the white floor of a balcony with a marble balustrade. A meticulously detailed (possibly glass) hookah is in front of her on the floor. An olive‒green middle ground behind the balcony with an arch formation frames her figure. The green is sharply contrasted with a bright orange horizon set leading towards a shaded blue skyline with a hint of crimson. The image has a pink border with maroon spray work on it.