Mohtashemi
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Categories
  • Artists
  • Contact
  • Exhibitions
  • About Us
Menu

Paintings, Drawings & Miniatures

Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: A Maiden Composing a Letter, Possibly from a Rasikapriya series

A Maiden Composing a Letter, Possibly from a Rasikapriya series

India, ca. 1830
Ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper
25 cm high, 19 cm wide (42 cm x 36 cm including frame)
A4296
Read more
The maiden is seated in a pavilion and rests against a brightly coloured orange and green bolster composing a love letter. She is elaborately dressed with pearls and gold jewellery; her dress and veil are finely painted with details of gold patterns on her white dress. Her attendant is garbed in a green and gold dress and leans in from the window holding a pale yellow fan for the maiden. The miniature is framed with white and yellow alternating flowers on a dark blue border with orange stripes. See a similar Rasikapriya work in Dehejia, Rasikapriya. Ritikavya of Keshavdas in Ateleirs of Love, DK Printworld, 2013, p. 187, pl. 5.14.
Previous
|
Next
2 
of  50
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2026 Mohtashemi
Site by Artlogic
Instagram, opens in a new tab.

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Reject non essential
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences