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Heroine with Peacock, 19th century, 17 11/16 x 11 in. (45 x 28 cm), Watercolor on paper, India, 19th century, This alluring and voluptuous woman represents a nayika, or a woman in love, a common theme in medieval Indian literature and seventeenth and eighteenth century manuscript painting. The peacock she holds on her lap is a trope from Indian painting, a metaphor for the longing she feels for her absent lover. Her fancy white dotted sari, with a red and blue border, slips down to reveal her full breasts, a pose doubtlessly intended to titillate the viewer.
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Heroine with Peacock, 19th century, 17 11/16 x 11 in. (45 x 28 cm), Watercolor on paper, India, 19th century, This alluring and voluptuous woman represents a nayika, or a woman in love, a common theme in medieval Indian literature and seventeenth and eighteenth century manuscript painting. The peacock she holds on her lap is a trope from Indian painting, a metaphor for the longing she feels for her absent lover. Her fancy white dotted sari, with a red and blue border, slips down to reveal her full breasts, a pose doubtlessly intended to titillate the viewer.
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Album / quintlox
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Image size:
4252 x 6939 px | 84.4 MB
Print size:
36.0 x 58.8 cm | 14.2 x 23.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ABSENT LOVER • ALLURING • BEGUILING • BLUE BORDER • COMMON THEME • EIGHTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT PAINTING • FANCY WHITE DOTTED SARI • FEELS • FULL BREASTS • HEROINE • HOLDS • INDIA • INDIAN PAINTING • LAP • LONGING • LOVE • MEDIEVAL INDIAN LITERATURE • METAPHOR • MUJER • NAYIKA • NINETEENTH CENTURY • PAPER AND PACKAGE PRODUCTS • PAPER • PEACOCK • POSE DOUBTLESSLY INTENDED • RED (COLOUR) • RED • REVEAL • SEDUCTIVE • SEVENTEENTH • SLIPS DOWN • TITILLATE • TROPE • VIEWER • VOLUPTUOUS WOMAN REPRESENTS • WATERCOLOR • WATERCOLOUR • WOMAN'S • WOMAN • WOMEN'S • WOMEN • WOMENS • XIX CENTURY
