Pachisi. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Shri Krushen and Raidka playing a game called Shotka or Patchees’. 174 by 104 mm; page 272 by 202 mm. Radha and Krishna play ‘pachisi’ on a terrace.
A night encounter. Mewar, c.1830. Mounted in an album, formerly Album 70; presented 21 April 1915. Gouache; yellow and red borders. 226 by 158 mm; page 290 by 205 mm. A lover climbs a rope to reach his mistress, as her maidens show dismay and the guards sleep beneath.
Miniature painting: Return from hawking. A young prince (face damaged) wearing a turban of Mughal type, mounted, hawk on wrist, preceded by his footman or groom (face also damaged) on foot, carrying a dead duck. Plain background. Rather rubbed and discoloured; a tear (repaired) across the mid...