Four Sketches Depicting Musicians, a Dancer, and a Nayika
Indian
The page features four vignettes. The top left depicts a Rajput nobleman, with a turban and a long robe (jama) and a young, female musician holding a small harp. The top right contains a female dancer with her hands in the air and her right leg bent and peeking out from her long skit. She is accompanied by a female attendant on the right. The bottom left vignette bears a seated female musician, who wears a headdress and long dress, playing a tumbi, a type of string instrument. The bottom right depicts a nayika, or a heroine, leaning against a tree and facing a large crane. She wears a long, translucent robe, trousers, a crop top, and a shawl that covers her head and flows down her back. Rajput style.
Ink on paper; Rajput Style