Romantic scene - India - 18th–19th centuries

A miniature in which a noble or rajah is shown seated on a bed or charpoi, accompanied by a dancer who has one leg extended and the other bent (a conventional love scene). On the floor in front of the bed, there sits on a low table a wine pitcher with two goblets, and beside it, in a container, a washbasin. With the eyes typical of archaic figures, facing forward though the face is shown in profile. It is a scene full of vitality, cheerful and almost naïve.