Court Lady Pouring Wine (recto)
c. 1760
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Court Lady Pouring Wine (recto), c. 1760. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Gum tempera and gold on paper; painting: 20.6 x 14.6 cm (8 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.348.a The bird-headed decanter evokes blood rites of kingship in pre-Islamic Iran.
- Maker/Artist
- Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: 20.6 x 14.6 cm (8 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: verso: Illuminated panel of Persian poetry in nast'aliq calligraphy
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2013.348.a
- Credit Line
- Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
- Exhibitions
- Art and Stories from Mughal India, <em>Beauty in Asia</em>. Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore (May 3-September 23, 2007).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
Have a concern, a correction, or something to add?
![Photo of collection object Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])](https://du1veq5hgyp3c.cloudfront.net/art/cma_113364-m.webp)
![Photo of collection object Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])](https://du1veq5hgyp3c.cloudfront.net/art/cma_113365-m.webp)
