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A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1760-1770 (opaque watercolor with gold...
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XCL5884889
Image title
A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1760-1770 (opaque watercolor with gold on paper, wide borders of pink paper (recto); gold on blue paper, four lines of thuluth calligraphy (verso))
opaque watercolor with gold on paper, wide borders of pink paper (recto); gold on blue paper, four lines of thuluth calligraphy (verso)
Date
c. 1760 AD - c. 1770 AD (C18th AD)
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14.5x11.1 cms
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Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
India, Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century
Hindu women had been prominent members of Mughal harems since the time of Akbar, whose chief queen was a Hindu princess from the kingdom of Amber (later renamed Jaipur) in present-day Rajasthan. Under golden stars and a crescent moon, this royal palace woman holds a flower garland to offer at a shrine to the Hindu god Shiva. The light of butter lamps casts a shadow behind her figure; experimentation with the depiction of shadows, typically absent in earlier Mughal painting, increased among artists during the 1700s.