RAO DEV SINGH OFFERS A GARLAND TO HIS BELOVED

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RAO DEV SINGH OFFERS A GARLAND TO HIS BELOVED
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 11 1/8 by 8 in. (28.2 by 20.3 cm)
folio: 12 7/8 by 10 in. (32.7 by 25.4 cm) unframed

Catalogue Note

Rao Dev Singh stands with his beloved holding a lotus bloom and offering her a mala (flower garland) which she accepts demurely holding open her veil. He wears an ankle-length transparent white muslin jama over a mauve underlayer and a long gold flower-embroidered patka around his thin waist. Upright slender trees bloom left and right. Against a green ground with a hint of landscape beneath their feet. Swirling clouds above.