A nayika restrains her cat from attacking her pet parrot, India, Rajasthan, Bundi or Uniara, circa 1760
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October 25, 04:59 PM GMT
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6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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gouache heightened with gold on paper, black and white rules, narrow yellow and dark blue borders
20.8 by 16.2cm.
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There is a painting from Bundi dated to 1770 in the British Museum, London which depicts another version of this subject. A noblewoman in a courtyard holds up a whip while her attendant grabs the leg of the cat which has managed to seize the pet parrot by one of its wings (Ahluwalia 2008, pp.71-72, fig.37).