Adoration of Shri Nathji / Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.9
- Title
- Adoration of Shri Nathji
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1830
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- India (nation)
- Rajasthan (state)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- India (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Rajasthan (state)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase made possible by Shahid and Takako Jamil and the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
- Style/Group/Movement
- Kotah School
- Dimensions
- 25 cm x 21 cm (9 13/16 in. x 8 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- ritual painting
- Physical Description
- The richly dressed sculpture in the central niche is Shri Nathaji, an alternative name for Krishna, and the principal deity of the Vallabha Sampraday sect, to which the Kotah ruling family belonged. A priest is shown performing the lamp-waving ceremony before Shri Nathaji. At right is a small costumed sculpture of Krishna playing the flute.
- Subject Matter
- This painting was once part of a large set documenting liturgical practices at the Kotah royal palace in Rajasthan.
- The Kotah royal house developed a detailed calendar of rituals to be performed in the presence of Shri Nathaji, who would be dressed in different costumes depending on the season and occasion. At least two sets of paintings were commissioned to document these rituals.
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- religious figures
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2298 x 2752
- File Size
- 841 KB
- Record
- 2003/2.9
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"Adoration of Shri Nathji; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-2.9/2003_2.9.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
