A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735, India (Rajasthan, Kishangarh), Ink, opaque and transparent watercolor, and gold on paper, 18 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (47 x 33.7 cm), Paintings, As a nayika (archetypal heroine), this figure personifies the ideal of feminine beauty as conceptualized in Indian devotional poetry of the period. She strums a tanpura and wears elaborate jewelry and sheer textiles, clearly placing her as a member of the court
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Lady Playing, Tanpura, ca, 1735, India, Rajasthan, Kishangarh, Ink, opaque, transparent watercolor, gold, paper, 18 1/2 x 13 1/4, 47 33.7 cm, Paintings, nayika, archetypal heroine, figure personifies, ideal, feminine beauty, conceptualized, Indian devotional poetry, period, strums, tanpura, wears elaborate, jewelry, sheer textiles, placing, member, court
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