20th century
The drawing depicts a king holding up a small lotus flower and sitting within an archway. Behind him is a female attendant holding up a flywhisk, which denotes his royal stats. The king watches a female dancer playing cymbals and kneeling as she balances a tray with candles. Behind her is a male musician holding a stringed instrument known as a tambura. Rajput Style.
22 x 30 cm (8 11/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Black ink with traces of charcoal and incidental red chalk on Asian paper
20th centuryIndianBlack ink with traces of charcoal on Asian paper
20th centuryIndianGraphite and color on paper
20th centuryIndianBlack ink with traces of charcoal and incidental red chalk on Asian paper
20th centuryIndianBlack ink with traces of charcoal on Asian paper
20th centuryIndianBlack ink on Asian paper
20th centuryIndianBlack ink with pastel on Asian paper
20th centuryIndianBlack ink with traces of charcoal on Asian paper
20th centuryIndianBlack ink on Asian paper
20th centuryIndianBlack ink on Asian paper
20th centuryIndianBlack ink with traces of charcoal on Asian paper
20th centuryIndianInk on paper
20th centuryIndian