Women Enjoying the River at the Forest’s Edge (recto)

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Women Enjoying the River at the Forest’s Edge (recto)

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Date
c. 1765
Medium
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Culture
India, Murshidabad or Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
170891

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The image of young women at play, in association with water and the fruiting of trees, such as this mango, has been used in Indian art to signal the idea of prosperity and abundance. Rain clouds approach that will nourish the land. The pairs of women on the banks sample perfumes, and in front of them bowls made of leaves appear to hold jasmine flowers for adorning the hair. One woman smokes a hookah and looks on as two companions frolic in the rivulet. The palace’s white marble buildings are barely indicated in the far distance. Mangoes are in varying stages of ripeness, from green to bright orange-yellow.

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Credit line
Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Provenance
before 1874: Henry Chaplin, MP, 1st Visc. Chaplin [1849–1923], London and Lincolnshire, given to Admiral Hon. Henry John Rous | 1874–1877: Admiral Hon. Henry John Rous [1795–1877], London and Cambridgeshire | July 10, 1968: (Sotheby’s, London, Western and Oriental Manuscripts, 10 July 1968, lot 102, sold to Ralph Benkaim) | 1968-2013: Ralph Benkaim [1914-2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2013-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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