India · Painting / Miniature Painting
बसोहली चित्रकला (Basohli)
Miniature painting on handmade Wasli paper in the foothill town of Basohli, Jammu and Kashmir, in a bold style of flat saturated color, strong profiles and large eyes. Ornaments are rendered with raised drops of white paint that imitate pearls, and with the iridescent wing-cases of beetles laid in to stand for emeralds. Kathua district, where Basohli lies, has named it a One District One Product craft.
Risk level: Endangered · Not inscribed
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