AN ILLUSTRATION TO A BARAMASA SERIES: THE TEEJ FESTIVAL DURING THE MONTH OF SHRAVANA
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, late 18th - 19th century

Opaque pigments, red and black ink heightened with gold on wove paper, the vertical-format composition depicting a traditional scene associated with the Hindu holy month of Shravana during which the teej festival (festival of swings) is celebrated, in the foreground two pairs of ladies standing on the left-hand side cheering for another pair pirouetting and spinning around on the right-hand side, behind them a courtly couple having a good time on a swing surrounded by a pair of peacocks and several other black, white and red birds, the top with a rectangular epigraphic cartouche in-filled with 5ll. of black and red ink Devanagari script, set within bright red and ochre yellow borders, mounted, glazed and framed, the folio 24cm x 16.2cm, 58cm x 43cm including the frame.

Dimensions: the folio 24cm x 16.2cm, 58cm x 43cm including the frame