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| Title | A princess listening to music | |
| Collection | Artworld: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts | |
| Date | 1800-1829 CE | |
| Description | Mughal-style attention to detail is shown in the palace building and the ladies' faces, dresses and jewellery. The setting is the courtyard of a typical highly carved Rajasthani palace. In the background, lush foliage can be seen over the palace wall. The princess sits with her servant on a carpet smoking a 'huqqa' and listening to female musicians playing the sitar and drum. | |
| Description Source | Information taken from Robert Skelton in Steven Hooper (ed.), 1997 & Margaret A Willey, 1995 (Revised 2000) | |
| Cultural Context | Indian | |
| Id Number Current Accession | 579 | |
| Location Creation Site | Bharat, East Rajasthan, Bundi | |
| Location Current Repository | Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts | |
| Subject | visual work, painting, miniature | |
| Measurements | 235 x 305 mm | |
| Context | UEA 579 is an example of the Bundi school of painting. | |
| Rights | Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich, 2002. All Rights reserved | |
| Work Type | painting | |