An illustration to a Nayika series: Vipralabdha...

An illustration to a Nayika series: Vipralabdha Nayika, Kangra, North India, circa 1830, opaque pigments and gold on paper, a lady in gold embroidered white dress stands beside a bed of leaves casting off her jewelled armlets, as she is tired of waiting for her lover, who has not arrived, under a blue sky with stars and full moon, the moon reflected in the river below, with blue borders with flowers, glazed and framed, painting 21 x 16cm. Provenance: Acquired by Robert Henry Wallace Dunlop (182