A FALCONRY SCENE: TWO COURTLY LADIES HUNTING
Bundi, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century

A FALCONRY SCENE: TWO COURTLY LADIES HUNTING
Bundi, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century

Opaque pigments and ink heightened with gold on wove paper, the vertical-format composition portraying a falconry scene with two courtly ladies riding their steeds in an open natural landscape, the one on the left holding a falcon in her hand ready to set him free to hunt, another falcon already praying on a white bird in a migrating flock, the lady on the right pointing at the scene in the sky, set within black and white rules, and concentric ochre yellow and bright red borders, mounted on white card, the reverse with 2ll. of black ink Devanagari script, 42cm x 29.8cm including the mount.

Dimensions: 42cm x 29.8cm including the mount