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Still Life: Bouquet of Flowers Emerging from the Grass

c. 1750

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi

Medium
gum tempera on paper
Measurements
Page: 32.4 x 23.5 cm (12 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.); Miniature: 29.8 x 21.6 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.161
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The central flower is a scarlet-colored poppy, famed for yielding opium.

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Studies of flower arrangements in the European manner became a popular subject in Indian miniature painting during the reign of Mughal emperor Jahangir (reigned 1605–27). Inspired by imported prints, Indian artists rendered them in Mughal fashion. Here, in a painting made at a Rajasthani court, the entire bouquet grows magically out of the ground from a single stem.
A vertically oriented gum tempera painting depicts a dense floral arrangement emerging from dark green grass against a muted teal background, framed by a thick red border. At the lower center, a large, ruffled orange flower is flanked by purple and pink blooms. Above, layers of yellow, white, and blue flowers taper toward a curved tip of pink buds. Small orange blossoms and lobed leaves dot the grass at the base.

Still Life: Bouquet of Flowers Emerging from the Grass

c. 1750

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi

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