Women on a palace terrace with a panoramic view - Chester Beatty's Digital Collections

Object Information

Description

Object no:: In 69.6

Title:: Women on a palace terrace with a panoramic view

Artist and production place:: Unknown
Faizabad

Production date:: 1770

Dimensions:: 465 mm x 325 mm (height x width)

Material:: Paper (material) Pigment (material) Gold

Collection:: Indian collection

Object category:: Painting

Object name:: Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Description:: Women on a palace terrace with a panoramic view. On a palace terrace, a seated woman with her attendants watches a bottle-balancing act accompanied by musicians. Behind them rises a steep vertical panorama of the palace gardens, rivers and a distant battle landscape. Painting, colours and gold on paper, on a palace terrace, Faizabad, Awadh (Oudh) state, India, 1770.

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