A RULER AND CONSORT PERFORMING A DEVI PUJA
Jaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, mid to late 19th century

Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the small, vertical-format composition depicting a royal couple performing a puja in front of a golden icon (murti) of an Indian goddess, possibly Lakshmi, enshrined in a golden pavilion, set within concentric ochre yellow, deep and bright red borders, in a white cardboard mount, 17.8cm x 12.8cm excluding the mount.