Shiva and Parvati Playing Chaupar: Folio from a Rasamanjari Series
The image depicts a painting of two people playing a game. The person on the left is a man with a white top and red bottom garment, wearing necklaces and a top knot. The person on the right is a woman with a green top and red bottom garment, wearing a necklace. They are sitting on a striped fabric with a board game between them. There are two trees, one on each side. The background is yellow, with brown hills at the bottom and a brown frame around the painting. The frame has a thin white and gray border at the top.
Artwork Details
- Date
- dated 1694–95
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Culture
- India (Basohli, Jammu)
- Dimensions
- 599 × 391 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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