A SPIRITUAL GATHERING WITH AN INDIAN SADHU
Rajasthan, North-Western India, 20th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the horizontal composition depicting a spiritual gathering with a seated sadhu imparting teaching to his followers, his body covered in gray ash, his devotees clad in ochre yellow robes and holding colourful gold-embroidered pieces of cloth in their hands, a lotus pond in the foreground and the sun setting on a green landscape in the background, set within black and white rules, and blue and black borders, 12.5cm x 17.5cm.