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Yogini in the forest
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Description
A yogini or female ascetic who has retired to the forest to meditate, sits holding her prayer-beads by a stream. Her leopard skin seat signifies the true yogi’s conquest of the lower, animal self.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
- Date
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c. 1620
Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
- Material and technique
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 50.8 x 38.2 cm (height x width)
page 22.4 x 15.2 cm (height x width)
painting 19.3 x 11.9 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by the Catherine and Ralph Benkhaim Collection, 2005.
- Accession no.
- EA2005.88
Location
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- currently in research collection
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