A Heroine Plucking a Flower: Page from a Dispersed Nayikabheda, ca. 1660–80, India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 8 3/8 x 6 3/16 in. (21.3 x 15.7 cm), Paintings, The artist instilled this painting with an iconography of longing: the empty bed, the solitary nayika (heroine), and the forlorn call of the peacock. The patterned raindrops, stylized creepers, and surface treatment of the architecture distinguish this manuscript from other work done in the Malwa courts
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Heroine Plucking, Flower, Page, Dispersed Nayikabheda, ca, 1660–80, India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa, Ink, opaque watercolor, paper, 8 3/8 x 6 3/16, 21.3 15.7 cm, Paintings, artist, instilled, painting, iconography, longing, empty bed, solitary nayika, heroine, forlorn call, peacock, patterned raindrops, stylized creepers, surface treatment, architecture distinguish, manuscript, work done, Malwa courts
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