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Radha Talking with Her Sakhi on a Terrace, drawing from a Rasikapriya (Handbook for Poetry Connoisseurs) Series
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The drawing depicts Radha, the consort of the Hindu god Krishna, on the terrace of her palatial abode. Her chin rests on her hand as she listens to her female companion (sakhi), who sits across from her. Beyond the palace walls are trees and birds. Dots of color throughout the drawing act as guides for the colorist to fill in that area with that specific color. The drawing is for a Rasikapriya (Handbook for Poetry Connoisseurs), a sixteen-century poetic treatise on love for aspiring poets and connoisseurs by Keshavdas (b. c. 1555). Through sixteen chapters, the work celebrates aspects of love using the Hindu deity Krishna as the archetypal hero (nayak), and his consort, Radha, as the heroine (nayika). Rajput Style, Kota School
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Stuart Cary Welch Jr. in honor of James Cuno
Title: Radha Talking with Her Sakhi on a Terrace, drawing from a Rasikapriya (Handbook for Poetry Connoisseurs) Series
Description:
The drawing depicts Radha, the consort of the Hindu god Krishna, on the terrace of her palatial abode.
Her chin rests on her hand as she listens to her female companion (sakhi), who sits across from her.
Beyond the palace walls are trees and birds.
Dots of color throughout the drawing act as guides for the colorist to fill in that area with that specific color.
The drawing is for a Rasikapriya (Handbook for Poetry Connoisseurs), a sixteen-century poetic treatise on love for aspiring poets and connoisseurs by Keshavdas (b.
c.
1555).
Through sixteen chapters, the work celebrates aspects of love using the Hindu deity Krishna as the archetypal hero (nayak), and his consort, Radha, as the heroine (nayika).
Rajput Style, Kota School.
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