Untitled
The Met
Artist: Unknown
Date: ca. 1630–40
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Opaque watercolor and silver on paper
Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 8 in. (11.4 x 20.3 cm)
Credit Line: Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2003
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Blue-skinned man embraces a woman, flanked by two women, under trees with animals, text
Detailed Description
The artwork is a vertical rectangular painting with distinct horizontal bands. At the top, a bright yellow rectangular panel contains black text in Devanagari script: "कापि कपोल तले मिलिता लपितुं किमपि श्रुतं मूले। वाचुचुंब वनिते वदती स्थिते पुले करनैक ले।।४।।।" Below this, a dark blue band features a white wavy line, followed by a thin red horizontal line. The central scene unfolds against a deep red background. In the upper half, four stylized trees with dark brown trunks rise from the lower blue band. From left to right, the trees alternate between green foliage with circular patterns and pink foliage with star-like patterns. A light-skinned monkey is perched in the leftmost green tree, and another in the rightmost green tree. Two dark birds are visible in the left pink tree, while a blue and black peacock-like bird with a long tail is in the right pink tree. In the lower half of the central scene, four figures stand on a dark brown ground line. In the center, a blue-skinned man with a white turban, white dhoti, and yellow sash embraces a light-skinned woman wearing a green patterned skirt and an orange top. His right arm is around her shoulder, and his left hand rests on her waist. Her left arm is around his shoulder, and her right hand is on his waist. To the far left, a light-skinned woman with a grey and white striped skirt and a yellow top holds a dark, slender object. To the far right, another light-skinned woman with a yellow and white striped skirt and an orange top also holds a dark, slender object. The painting concludes with a decorative border at the bottom, featuring a red and white chevron pattern above a dark grey panel with faint white circular motifs.
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