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Unknown

ca. 1885–95 · Chromolithographic print on paper, watercolor and gum arabic · Asian Art

Rai Raja, with a radiant golden aureole, sits on a hexagonal golden dais under an umbrella with raised red curtains withgold tassels above, suggestive of a stage setting. Two female attendants cool her with peacock feather fans. In the foreground, she is flanked to the left by a blue male figure holding a sword and shield and on the right by a female flywhisk (chauri) bearer. The floor and stairs are decorated in the manner of late Victorian glazed tiles.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1885–95

Medium

Chromolithographic print on paper, watercolor and gum arabic

Culture

India, West Bengal, Calcutta

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Peter Louis and Chandru Ramchandani Gift, 2018