An illustration to a Nayika series: Vasakasajja Nayika (The Expectant Heroine), ascribed to the artist Chaitu, India, Guler or Garhwal, circa 1820-30

gouache heightened with gold on paper, the reverse inscribed in black devanagari script with 'Chaitu e de ghare de' (from the house of Chaitu), and with a preparatory drawing of the same subject, black border, pink margins trimmed

painting: 21.6 by 14.6cm.

leaf: 22.2 by 15cm.