Oriya manuscript (unidentified), leaf: A Meeting in the Forest (pair with 1997/2.40) / India, Orissa
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- Accession Number
- 1985/2.144
- Title
- Oriya manuscript (unidentified), leaf: A Meeting in the Forest (pair with 1997/2.40)
- Artist
- India, Orissa
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- charcoal dust and washes of color on incised palm leaf
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
- Dimensions
- 3.4 cm x 24 cm (1 5/16 in. x 9 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- The inherently small scale of a manuscript page requires a simplified style with figures and plant forms against a plain background. This scene represents the meeting of a man and a woman (accompanied by attendants) in the forest.
- Subject Matter
- Orissa is located on the eastern coast of India, and thus quite far from the centers of imperial Mughal power at Delhi and Agra, as well as from the Rajput states in the Mughal sphere. Painting in Orissa retained a distinctive style of its own, with strong emphasis on a lively line; and Orissa is one of the few areas that continued to use palm leaves (rather than paper) as a support for manuscripts until relatively recent times.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2812 x 588
- File Size
- 220 KB
- Record
- 1985/2.144
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"Oriya manuscript (unidentified), leaf: A Meeting in the Forest (pair with 1997/2.40); India, Orissa." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1985-sl-2.144/1985_2.144s1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
