Sohini
ca. 1850
Unknown
SSEA
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Sohini is seen in the centre of the painting, crossing the river with the aid of an earthenware pot to meet her lover Mahinwal, shown sitting on the opposite bank at top right. In the bottom left is a seated yogi (holy man) smoking a huqqa (water pipe).
- Maker/Artist
- Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Medium
- opaque watercolour, paint, paper, painted
- Locations
- region: Bundi
- Dimensions
- Height: 238 mm Width: 235 mm
- Departments
- SSEA
- Accession Number
- IS.246-1952
- Credit Line
- Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha.
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