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Krishna Abhisarika Nayika, from a Rasikapriya manuscript
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Two women quarrel outside a house while the Nayaka (hero protagonist) watches from a safe distance. The woman wearing a red scarf appears to be the Nayaka’s wife or beloved, who has just realized her partner’s infidelity. In a fit of anger, she strangles the other woman, who would be the Nayaka’s mistress, and raises a leg to kick her.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineKrishna Abhisarika Nayika, from a Rasikapriya manuscript, c. 1615–25. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber. Gum tempera on paper; miniature: 12.1 x 12.7 cm (4 3/4 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.166
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