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Fly-infested feastfront

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Fly-infested feast

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  • Description

    In this strange scene, a prince and his retinue are entertained by Brahmin priests to a communal meal in a fly-infested refectory. Beneath a shelter the head priest, his acolyte and the prince eat off silver trays, while the rest have leaf plates. Everywhere the air is thick with flies, but priests and courtiers eat on regardless. Some satire may be intended on the venality of the priestly class and on the prince’s efforts to court them.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › north-west India › Punjab Hills › Himachal Pradesh › Chamba (place of creation)
    Date
    1740 - 1750
    Material and technique
    brush drawing with colour on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 51.6 x 68.5 x 1.8 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 41.2 x 58 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    drawn (image) › line drawing › brush drawing,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › drawing,
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.13

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 69 on p. 162, p. 19, illus. p. 163

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