Glossary
Wasli
Also written · vasli
What is Wasli?
Wasli is the laminated paper support of Indian miniature painting. Several sheets of handmade paper are pasted together with starch, dried under weight, and burnished with an agate stone until the surface is hard and faintly glossy. The thickness keeps the sheet flat under layers of opaque pigment; the burnish lets a squirrel-hair brush draw an unbroken line.
