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Patra Lekhan Nayika on a Terrace with an Elderly Female Attendant
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This painting depicts the patar lekhni nayika, a heroine who writes to her lover who is away on a journey. Here, she is shown on an open terrace with her elderly female attendant facing her. Directly in front of her are writing and stationery tools. Pahari Style, Kangra School.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Eric Schroeder in celebration of Mr. Paul J. Sachs' seventieth birthday
Title: Patra Lekhan Nayika on a Terrace with an Elderly Female Attendant
Description:
This painting depicts the patar lekhni nayika, a heroine who writes to her lover who is away on a journey.
Here, she is shown on an open terrace with her elderly female attendant facing her.
Directly in front of her are writing and stationery tools.
Pahari Style, Kangra School.
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