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Attributed to Har Jaimal
Ladies Playing Chess (?)circa 1760

Not on view
Indian miniature painting of two women in colorful garments seated on a marble terrace, sharing a hookah while playing a board game, with a rolling landscape behind

Attributed to Har Jaimal, Ladies Playing Chess (?), circa 1760, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Attributed to Har Jaimal
Title
Ladies Playing Chess (?)
Place Made
India, Himachal Pradesh, Nurpur
Date Made
circa 1760
Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
10 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (25.71 x 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number
M.77.19.26
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Rosenfield, John. The Arts of India and Nepal: The Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1966.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. The Sacred and Secular in Indian Art. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California, 1974.