Krishna Loosens His Beloved's Belt
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Title
Krishna Loosens His Beloved's Belt
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Title
Krishna Loosens His Beloved's Belt
Link
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/149185
Repository
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Accession Number
17.2780
Provenance
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Parent Work
Basohli Rasamanjari
Sequential order of folio
101
Date
1660-1670
Location
Basohli, Rasamanjari
Medium
Watercolor, Gold, Beetle Wings; Paper
Size (H x W cm)
23.3 x 33cm
Text
On verso written in Sanskrit. "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."
Collection
Citation
“Krishna Loosens His Beloved's Belt,” Mapping Color, accessed April 7, 2026, https://mappingcolor.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/211.