#pichhwai

[arthistoryanimalia]

#WatercolorWednesday :

Peacocks and Peahens

Nathadwara, Rajasthan, India, mid 19th c.

Opaque watercolor on cotton (pichhwai)

230 x 180 cm (90 9/16 x 70 7/8 in.)

Harvard Art Museums 1995.85

[velvetmasonry]

Pichhwai for Gopashtami (The Festival of Cows)

Late 18th century, India (likely Deccan, Aurangabad)

[velvetandbrocade]

Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows (late 18th century)

Painted and printed gold and silver leaf and opaque watercolor on indigo-dyed cotton.

[arjuna-vallabha]

A pichhawai of Gopashtami of Srinathaji

[nununiverse]

Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows late 18th century India, Deccan, Aurangabad (?)  Les pichwaï étaient des tentures peintes, suspendues derrière la principale représentation d’un sanctuaire. Au XVIIe siècle, on installa à Nathdvara, près d’Udaïpur, au Rajasthan, l’image cultuelle de la secte de Vallabhacharya, qui vénérait l’enfant roi Shri Nathji, avatar du dieu Krishna. À la même époque, un petit nombre de riches adorateurs de Shri Nathji s’établirent dans le Deccan, où cette œuvre fut probablement commandée. Le fond indigo et l’usage abondant d’or et d’argent sont typiques des pichwaï de la fin du XVIIIe siècle au Deccan. L’iconographie inhabituelle indique que la pièce a été faite pour le Gopashtami, festival de la vache sacrée, célébré à la fin de l’automne pour commémorer le jour où Krishna, jusque-là simple pâtre affecté à la garde des veaux, est devenu le protecteur du bétail.

https://www.metmuseum.org/fr/art/collection/search/65576

[arthistorydaily]

Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows, India, late 18th century

Met Museum New York

Provenance: Mr. W. Uhde , Germany (by 1986 until 2003, sold to Simon Ray); [ Simon Ray Limited , London, 2003; sold to MMA ]

97 5/8 x 103 1/8 in. (248 x 262 cm)

2003.177

This textile was produced for the Festival of Cows (Gopashtami), which occurs in the late autumn to celebrate Krishna’s elevation from a herder of calves to a cowherd.

The indigo ground and extensive use of gold and silver are typical of pichhwais that were made for a community of Sri Nathji devotees who moved to the Deccan during this period.

[text source: @met] 

Check out: Pichwai Documentary - Nathdwara, Rajasthan - India (1995) 

[strictly-indian-fashion]

The Pichhwai Collection by Anita Dongre | A 15 piece capsule collection honouring the Rajasthani art of Pichhwai

Models | Palak Gupta, Virken Raina & Madhulika Sharma

[philamuseum]

This richly painted cloth is known as a pichhwai—a large scale, painted cloth wall hanging depicting the Hindu god Krishna and scenes from his life. It would have originally hung behind the image of the god in a temple. Krishna is shown surrounded by adoring devotees, both human and animal.

"Pichhwai with Gopala Krishna and Annakuta Festival,” 19th century, India