Visit to an ascetic

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Visit to an ascetic
Kangra, circa 1850-60

gouache heightened with gold on paper, in a hilly landscape in the shade of flowering trees by a river, five women, wearing blue, yellow, white, grey and orange respectively, take their leave from the long haired ascetic outside his hut and prepare to depart by boat, two deer watch nearby, floral border on black ground, (slight flaking, generally good condition), inscribed in black giving the owners name, Bhai Ram Das(?), mounted, framed and glazed
miniature 9¾ x 8in. (24.8 x 20.4cm.)

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