EditorialHeroine Rushing to Her Lover (Abhisarika Nayika ). Date/Period: Late 18th century. Painting. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Height: 195 mm (7.67 in); Width: 295 mm (11.61 in).
EditorialHeroine Rushing to Her Lover (Abhisarika Nayika ). Date/Period: Late 18th century. Painting. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Height: 195 mm (7.67 in); Width: 295 mm (11.61 in).
EditorialHeroine Rushing to Her Lover (Abhisarika Nayika ). Date/Period: Late 18th century. Painting. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Height: 195 mm (7.67 in); Width: 295 mm (11.61 in).
EditorialAbhisarika Nayika (Heroine Running to Meet her Lover), mid?18th century, India, Rajasthan, Kota, Kota, Opaque watercolor and gold on wove paper, 29.7 x 20 cm (10 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.).
EditorialKrishna Abhisarika Nayika, from a Rasikapriya manuscript, c. 1615-25. India, Rajasthan, Amber. Color on paper; miniature: 12.1 x 12.7 cm (4 3/4 x 5 in.).
EditorialVasaksajja Nayika, c. 1750. India, Nurpur. Color on paper; page: 28.6 x 20.3 cm (11 1/4 x 8 in.); miniature: 24.5 x 16.2 cm (9 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.).
EditorialUtka Nayika, c. 1760-1765. Indian, Himachal Pradesh, Chamba region. Color on paper; page: 26 x 17.8 cm (10 1/4 x 7 in.); miniature: 24.5 x 16.5 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.).
EditorialUtka Nayika, c. 1800. India, Pahari Hills, Kangra School, early 19th Century. Ink and color on paper; image: 16 x 10.2 cm (6 5/16 x 4 in.); overall: 23.8 x 14.8 cm (9 3/8 x 5 13/16 in.).
EditorialVasakasajja Nayika, Love - Longing Heroine, early 19th century. India, Kangra School, early 19th century. Color on paper; overall: 21.4 x 14.5 cm (8 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.).
EditorialHeroine Rushing to Her Lover (Abhisarika Nayika ). Date/Period: Late 18th century. Painting. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Height: 195 mm (7.67 in); Width: 295 mm (11.61 in).
EditorialPraudha Dhiradhira Nayika, from an illustrated Rasikapriya of Keshavadas (1555-1617). Date/Period: Ca. 1660. Painting. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Height: 290 mm (11.41 in); Width: 235 mm (9.25 in).
EditorialA Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735, India (Rajasthan, Kishangarh), Ink, opaque and transparent watercolor, and gold on paper, 18 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (47 x 33.7 cm), Paintings, As a nayika (archetypal heroine), this figure personifies the ideal of femini...
EditorialShiva and Parvati Playing Chaupar: Folio from a Rasamanjari Series, dated 1694?95, India (Basohli, Jammu), Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper, Image: 6 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (16.5 x 27.6 cm), Paintings, Devidasa of Nurpur (active ca. 1680?ca....
EditorialA Heroine and Her Lover in a Pavilion: Page from a Dispersed Nayikabheda, ca. 1660?80, India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 8 1/2 x 6 3/16 in. (21.6 x 15.7 cm), Paintings, The extensive poetic Nayikabheda literature examin...