THE DAILY LIFE IN THE PALACE: THE WOMEN'S QUARTERS
Rajasthan, North-Western India, first half 20th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the two vertical-format compositions depicting two different moments in the female quarters of an Indian palace, comprising an entertainment scene with a courtier entertained by female musicians and attendants, watching a flock of white doves flying in circles above them; and another scene with a melancholic, sad-looking lady waiting for her lover, being comforted and cheered up by her sakhi (confidante), a female attendant standing on the far right on call, each scene set within black rules and concentric polychrome borders, mounted, glazed, and framed, the largest 38cm x 28.8cm including the frame.

Dimensions: the largest 38cm x 28.8cm including the frame