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Title: Gita Govinda Series: Radha and Krishna in room with two sakhis in conversation (preliminary sketch)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills
Century: early 19th century
Object Creation Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 1985/2.143
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 9.60770
Style/Group/Movement: Pahari

Title: Shiva and his family
Artist: India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School
Physical Description: In this idyllic scene, the goddess Parvati offers her husband Shiva a drink, as they enjoy a quiet moment together. Their children, the elephant-headed Ganesha and Skanda, play inside a tent made from the hide of an elephant demon that Shiva had slain. Both parents are clothed in animal skins, the garb of mountain-dwelling ascetics, while Shiva is further adorned with a long necklace of skulls and a snake.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1790-1800
Accession Number: 1942.4
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 9.60770
Style/Group/Movement: Pahari

Title: Drawing for a Ramayana series: Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva in conference (fol. 204)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills
Physical Description: Rama and Lakshmana sit under a tree with the King of the monkeys, surrounded by monkeys. Some monkeys have taken to flight in the upper corners of the drawing. With a few deft strokes the artist conveys the swiftly changing emotions of the moment, as the monkeys respond with astonishment, empathy, and action to Rama’s pleas.
Century: late 18th century - early 19th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century - early 19th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.149
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 9.49970
Style/Group/Movement: Rajput/Pahari

Title: Krishna massaging the feet of Radha (a scene from the Gita Govinda?)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills, Mankot School
Physical Description: Bold colors depict Krishna, one of human manifestations of the Hindu god Vishnu, is seated with a woman, Radha, above him. He touches her leg, and the tips of her hands and feet glow red. She sits erect and holds a large flower, looking straight off the left edge of the picture. The two are framed in an architectural structure.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1730
Accession Number: 1979/1.160
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and beetle thorax casings on paper
relevance: rank 9.49970
Style/Group/Movement: Rajput/Pahari

Title: Portrait of Maharaja Balbir Sen of Mandi
Artist: Artist Unknown India, Mandi, Himechal Predesh
Physical Description: Balbir Sen of Mandi sits with his legs tucked under him against a purplish bolster on an oval orange carpet with a green border. He wears a white garment with green borders and some jewelry: a ring, bracelets, an armlet, necklaces, earrings and wears a green turban with a turban jewel across the front, surmounted by a black feathered aigrette. A sword signifying his rank lies across his body. He sits in strict profile with a heavy black beard and mustache. The paper is plain and uncolored except around the figure, which is painted against a white wash taking the shape of the seated man and his setting.; Inscriptions in devanagari script are above the painting.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1825
Accession Number: 1964/2.119
Medium and Support: opaque watercolor and gold on paper
relevance: rank 9.29081
Style/Group/Movement: Pahari [Punjab Hills] painting

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