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| Keywords: Indian - Single Leaf of Nayaka and Attendants in Leafy Bowers - Walters W876.jpg This painting Walters manuscript leaf W 876 dating to the 12th century AH/AD 18th depicts 3 women seated within 2 leafy bowers The Nayaka female lover or heroine sits alone while her 2 female companions known as sakhis converse in the other bower The painting may represent Utka nayaka a classification for heroines who are awaiting or yearning for their lovers Often they are shown on a bed of flowers or leaves that they have prepared in expectation of meeting their lovers In the landscape are animals engaged in various activities An outcrop of rocks in the distance forms a horizon above which is a blue sky streaked with light gray or white washes to suggest a thin layer of high clouds ca 1750 ink an dpigments on paper mounted on pasteboard cm 30 22 ; Image cm 18 4 9 5 accession number W 876 31766 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2001 place of origin Delhi India Walters Art Museum license 2D Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Mughal miniatures in the Walters Art Museum Watercolor paintings of women of India 18th-century watercolor paintings from India | ||||
