King Enjoying Dance

A Rajasthani style of painting, created on paper using watercolors. The painting shows a Raja seated on a carpet and engaged in smoking through a long pipe. A lady is seen dancing before him while the other is playing on a drum. Behind him stands a man holding a flywhisk made of peacock feathers. Inscription on the top "Maharajaji Shri Buddhdev ji....." In this painting, men in jama, kamarbandh and mukut on his head and the ladies are dressed in ghanghara choli and odhani. Painting is illustrated in Devanagari script.