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A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Possibly Bikaner, Rajasthan, North Western India, mid to late 18th century? Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the horizontal composition depicting a palace scene, on the interior maidens clean vessels used to cook and serve food to the royal family on the upper floor, on the exterior a musical performance taking place by the terrace with artists playing the sitar and tabla and dancers near them, the royal family in the front enjoying the show and surrounded by their courtiers, Rajput warriors holding their tulwars?and shields by the entrance of the palace, court ladies on the upper floor chajjas?looking at the horizon, set in later recoloured bright red borders, on the upper edge two lines of black ink Devanagari washed with red paint, ochre borders on the final edge, glued onto cardboard, 45.4cm x 30.6cm.Notes: Islamic & Indian Art