‘VEILED BRIDE WITH PARROT’ BY A MAITHIL KAYASTH WOMAN
INDIA, BIHAR, DARBHANGA DISTRICT, DAREMA VILLAGE, CIRCA 1920-30
£1,260
Auction: Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | Lots 84 to 152 | 12 June at 10am
Description
ink and watercolour on paper, laid down on card, painted in pink, green and yellow, inscribed on mount in pencil: House of B. Sabhapati Das, mounted, glazed and framed
Dimensions
33cm x 23cm (13in x 9in)
Footnote
Literature:
William and Mildred Archer, India Served and Observed, London, 1994, chapter on the earthquake and discovering the murals.