A NAYIKA PLAYING A SARANGI Pahari Hills, Northern India, early 19th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, the vertical composition portraying a slender female heroine (nayika) playing at sunset a red wood sarangi (bowed, short-necked string instrument from the Indian Subcontinent), wearing a golden turban and gem-studded jewellery, mounted, framed and glazed at Arcade Gallery, London, 38.4cm x 28cm including the frame.