Jaipur, late 19th century

Gouache with gold on paper

16cm high x 11cm wide

31cm high x 24cm wide, with frame

585g

Provenance:From the Jamshed & Parvati Fozdar Collection (Mr Jamshed Fozdar is the son of Mrs. Shirin Fozdar, one of the founders of Singapore and women’s rights activist)

Exhibition: Exhibited in Galerie Belvedere, in Singapore in 2005. Exhibition titled 'the Fozdar Collection of Indian Miniatures'. Illustrated in colour page 9 of the catalogue exhibition.

Illustration: Illustrated as the cover of the 'Singapore Art Gallery Guide' October 2014.

Note: Indian miniature paintings date back to the 10th century. The arrival of the Mughals in the 16th century places the Indian miniatures in a prized category as the repertoire expanded to subjects such as portraits of nobility, mythology, plush court sense, hunting expeditions, religious subjects, flowers, animals and the incorporation of everyday scenes such as this one of a yarn seller.