A COURTLY MAIDEN PLAYING THE VEENA
Bundi, Rajasthan, North-Western India, mid to late 19th century

Opaque pigments and ink heightened with gold on paper, the small vertical-format composition depicting a courtly maiden seated on a gem and pearl-studded golden seat playing the veena, standing in front of her two female attendants, one holding a bowl of freshly plucked rose petals, the trees in the background livened by pairs of white birds, pasted onto washed pink borders with black, white, and gold rules, the reverse plain, 21.5cm x 15.3cm.

Dimensions: 21.5cm x 15.3cm