Untitled

ca. 1960

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a modern copy of IS.77-1963, a noble and lady playing chaupar in a palace room. The colours used are described by the artist as follows: blue (nil), mixed with white and black to form kabutriya used for the sky, mauve (mathia) formed by the addition of red to kabutriya, green (mungia) 'shade of pulse', red (sinduri), red lead, crimson (alta), lac-colour, used on the stand supporting the waterpots, also known as khatmal ka khon ('blood of bad bug') or khon kharaba ('bad blood'), yellow synthetic gaugali, also called harchandi 'tilak of Hari', flesh colour (gorarang).