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The deserted lady waiting for her lover, illustration to the Rasmanjari of Bhanu datta, c. 1680

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Victoria & Albert Museum
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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The first dated series of Basohli pictures is a copy of the Rasamanjari of Bhanu Datta dated 1695, but another series had possibly been painted 15 years earlier. The Rasamanjari describes the ways of lovers, the artist substituting Krishna for the stock gallant of the poet. This picture illustrates the wild distortion, powerful colour and strong poetic content which make Basohli painting so un-Mughal in spirit. The lady waiting with her friend is Radha. The use of objects drawn from ordinary life to symbolize sexual feelings (i.e. cat and rat) was a vital element in Indian poetry and painting. -- 31.2 x 22.4 cm.

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Miniature Painting: Pahari, Basohli style, paintings, miniatures, photograph

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/188257

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Basham Photographs

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This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.

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