Arts of the Islamic World & India

Arts of the Islamic World & India

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 55. A nayika restrains her cat from attacking her pet parrot, India, Rajasthan, Bundi or Uniara, circa 1760.

A nayika restrains her cat from attacking her pet parrot, India, Rajasthan, Bundi or Uniara, circa 1760

Auction Closed

October 25, 04:59 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

gouache heightened with gold on paper, black and white rules, narrow yellow and dark blue borders


20.8 by 16.2cm.

There is a painting from Bundi dated to 1770 in the British Museum, London which depicts another version of this subject. A noblewoman in a courtyard holds up a whip while her attendant grabs the leg of the cat which has managed to seize the pet parrot by one of its wings (Ahluwalia 2008, pp.71-72, fig.37).