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Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge (recto) and flowering marigold (verso)

c. 1765
Location: not on view
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The image of young women at play, in association with water and the fruiting of trees, such as this mango, has been used in Indian art to signal the idea of prosperity and abundance. Rain clouds approach that will nourish the land. The pairs of women on the banks sample perfumes, and in front of them bowls made of leaves appear to hold jasmine flowers for adorning the hair. One woman smokes a hookah and looks on as two companions frolic in the rivulet. The palace’s white marble buildings are barely indicated in the far distance.
Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge (recto) and flowering marigold (verso)

Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge (recto) and flowering marigold (verso)

c. 1765

Hunhar II

(Indian, active mid-1700s)
India, Murshidabad or Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century

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  • Department
    Department
    Indian and Southeast Asian Art
  • Medium
    Medium
    Tempera
  • Credit line
    Credit line
    Gift In Honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by Exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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