id:			314367
accession number:	2018.116
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.116
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:59.745000

A Heroine Waiting for Her Paramour: Vasakasajja Nayika, from a Nurpur Rasikapriya, c. 1750. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Nurpur. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 28.4 x 20.2 cm (11 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.); image: 24.4 x 16.7 cm (9 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.116

title:				A Heroine Waiting for Her Paramour: Vasakasajja Nayika, from a Nurpur Rasikapriya
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creation date:			c. 1750
creation date earliest:		1740
creation date latest:		1760
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creditline:			Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Nurpur
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 28.4 x 20.2 cm (11 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Image: 24.4 x 16.7 cm (9 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
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	inscription:	caṃdana vepata vepa komala āṃmala kaṃma lada lalavi lalata latā lapadī lavaṃga ki. kesodāsa tame dara dīpa ka sekhā sī dura dura doura vāṭa vāsa nīla duta āṃga āṃgakī. poṃna paṃni peṃci pasu vasa savada hota ne leke teṃ cāhe cāṃpa saṃga kī. naṃdalāla āgaṃma balokeṃ balakuṃja lagata tahi kānapīṃ tara pataṃga kī.
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PROVENANCE

	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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