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Yogini in the forestfront

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Yogini in the forest

  • 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.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    north India (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1620
    Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    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)
    Material index
    paper
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    painted,
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    Object type index
    painting,
    album
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by the Catherine and Ralph Benkhaim Collection, 2005.
    Accession no.
    EA2005.88

Location

    • currently in research collection

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