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Lady unravelling red Ribbon
Bikaner, circa 1760
goache heightened with gold on paper; standing on a terrace, wearing a diaphanous skirt, she reaches behind her, the left arm above her turbanned head, looking at the spool of ribbon lying by the jali railing, floral bushes behind, sandy terrace, blue sky, stylised clouds above, silver margin between black rules, red leaf with white rules, reverse with three-line inscription, mounted
miniature 8 x 4 5/8in. (20.3 x 11.8cm.)
leaf 10 1/8 x 7in. (25.7 x 17.8cm.)
Bikaner, circa 1760
goache heightened with gold on paper; standing on a terrace, wearing a diaphanous skirt, she reaches behind her, the left arm above her turbanned head, looking at the spool of ribbon lying by the jali railing, floral bushes behind, sandy terrace, blue sky, stylised clouds above, silver margin between black rules, red leaf with white rules, reverse with three-line inscription, mounted
miniature 8 x 4 5/8in. (20.3 x 11.8cm.)
leaf 10 1/8 x 7in. (25.7 x 17.8cm.)