File:Indian - A Sexual Encounter - Walters W871.jpg
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editA Sexual Encounter
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Title |
A Sexual Encounter |
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Description |
English: A man and woman make love in a pavilion, framed for the viewer’s gaze by an open wall. Enhancing the sensual mood of the painting are numerous motifs with erotic overtones in classical Indian poetry and aesthetics. A flowering vine entwines the tree outside the chamber, like a woman clinging to her beloved. The dark background signals nighttime, ideal for a secret rendezvous. The peacock is associated with the monsoon season, a favorable time of year for lovers, since heavy rains restrict the travel that might otherwise separate them. Here, the peacock lifts its head in a cry, adding to the sound of the woman’s jingling anklets—another trope in erotic poetry. A space at the top of the page was reserved for text (never filled in) to describe the scene below. Other paintings of the same style and format suggest that this folio belonged to a series illustrating erotic positions. |
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Date |
between 1675 and 1700 date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1675-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | pigments on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 21 cm (8.2 in); width: 15.9 cm (6.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,21U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,15.9U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
W.871 |
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Place of creation | Malwa, Madhya Pradesh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Credit line | gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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