Lot 559
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A NAYIKA SERIES: NAYIKA SUKHIYA
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A NAYIKA SERIES: NAYIKA SUKHIYA

KANGRA, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1840

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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A NAYIKA SERIES: NAYIKA SUKHIYA
KANGRA, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1840
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the scene set at night under a marble pavilion, the young lady is surrounded by attendants, a maid brings a bracelet to her ankle, another maid raises a mirror, musicians in the foreground, with blue and pink floral borders, the reverse with old gallery label
12¾ x 8 3/8in. (32.3 x 21.3cm.)
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Please note that the correct illustration to this lot in the printed catalogue is located above lot 560 (p.33).

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Lot Essay

A note on the reverse reads: Nayaka Sukhiya, The Story represented: "A Certain Rani has been called by her husband for company at night. The maid-servants come with numerous ornaments and other things for the Rani [..] in the night. The servant-maid while putting the feet-anckle on the Rani's feet says in gest addressing herself to anckle: -O anckle! when thow reachest the shoulder of this lady's husband do not make noise there. The lady thought pleased at heart by the allusion raised the flower in her hand as if to chastize the maid who made the remark, though she cannot chastize because in reality she is over joyed at heart by the remark."

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