Title
The month of Ashvin (September/October)
circa 1760
Artists
Unknown Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- The month of Ashvin (Asvin Masa)
- Place where the work was made
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Uniara
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Rajasthan
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India
- Cultural origin
- Rajasthan, Uniara
- Date
- circa 1760
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- opaque watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.3 x 15.6 cm (image); 30.0 x 18.5 cm (sheet)
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Jim Masselos 2021
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 97.2021
- Copyright
- Share
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About
Baramasa refers to the ‘song of the seasons’ or the 12 months while Ashvin, which falls across September and October, marks the seventh month in the Hindu calendar. Several significant events take place during Ashvin including the Diwali festival of light and ritual homages to the powerful goddesses Durga and Kali. This painting shows divine blue-skinned Krishna and his consort Radha seated indoors. Outside, the gopis (milkmaids) swim in the lotus-filled Yamuna river.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Indo- Asian Art from the John Gilmore Ford Collection, Walters Art Gallery, , 1971 -–1971
Intimate Encounters: Indian paintings from Australian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2007–04 May 2007
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Jim Masselos, Divine and courtly life in Indian painting, Sydney, 1991. cat no. 15.2
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Pratapaditya Pal, Indo-Asian art from the John Gilmore Ford Collection, Baltimore, 1971. cat no. 38
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Sotheby's London (Editor), Catalogue of oriental miniatures and manuscripts. The property of John Gilmore Ford and other properties., London, 02 Jul 1984. lot 138
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