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Satha Nayaka (the Deceitful Hero)
Krishna Loosens His Beloved's Belt
Satha Nayaka (the Deceitful Hero)
Attributed to: Kripal (active about 1660–1690)
Indian, Pahari
about 1660–70
Object Place: Basohli or Nurpur, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor, silver, gold and beetle wing on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 23.3 x 33cm (9 3/16 x 13in.)
Other (Without borders): 17.9 x 27cm (7 1/16 x 10 5/8in.)
Other (Without borders): 17.9 x 27cm (7 1/16 x 10 5/8in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2780
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsObverse: on margin, no. 101; at top, in Devanagari, Nayak Satha.
Reverse: at top, in Devanagari, two lines: "The cunning lover won the confidence of his doe-eyed nayika by decorating her braid with garlands, painting floral designs on her forehead with sandal-paste, putting armlets on her upper arms, and placing a necklace of pearls on her breast. Winning the confidence of the fawn-eyed lady he slyly loosens the knot of her skirt, with his soft hand, on the pretext of touching her belt." no. 101
Reverse: at top, in Devanagari, two lines: "The cunning lover won the confidence of his doe-eyed nayika by decorating her braid with garlands, painting floral designs on her forehead with sandal-paste, putting armlets on her upper arms, and placing a necklace of pearls on her breast. Winning the confidence of the fawn-eyed lady he slyly loosens the knot of her skirt, with his soft hand, on the pretext of touching her belt." no. 101
ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)