Related art & calligraphy

A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto); calligraphy of a quatrain (verso)

A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto)

Women Play Music for Radha and Krishna: Chitrini Nayika, from a Rasikapriya

The origin of music from a fabulous bird of India which had seven holes in its beak, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourteenth Night

Foreigners and Non-Buddhists Drink, Dance, and Play Music, from a Buddhist Stupa Site

Krishna being dressed in women’s clothes for the spring festival Holi

Royal women shooting from a pavilion

Royal Women Celebrating Diwali