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The Sentiment of Peace: Sama Rasa, from a Rasikapriya

1634

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

Medium
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Measurements
Page: 19.7 x 16.2 cm (7 3/4 x 6 3/8 in.)
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Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.124
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A peacock perches on the terrace of the heroine, accentuating her loneliness.

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A lovesick heroine sits in a chamber with her head turned in disregard. A confidante (sakhi) explains her condition to Krishna and requests that he meet her. The sakhi raises her finger in concern and points toward the heroine with her other hand. Krishna, wearing Mughal turban and garments, gestures in agreement. The color palette is simple, and the composition is flat—hallmarks of early Malwa painting.
A vertically oriented tempera painting depicts the blue-skinned god Krishna, wearing a yellow dhoti and white turban, gesturing toward a woman in the center. To our right, another woman sits upon a bolster inside a green-walled pavilion beneath a peaked white roof where a peacock perches. The composition is set against a saturated red field, framed by yellow horizontal bands of black script at the top and bottom.

The Sentiment of Peace: Sama Rasa, from a Rasikapriya

1634

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

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