Late 19th-mid 20th century AD. A hand-painted miniature depicting Vasant (springtime) as a girl with blue mantle, holding a peacock on her lap and extending a hand towards another bird perched in a bh; the girl sitting on a lot flower, beside a stream in a hilly landscape; Pahari School. 19 grams, 27.2 x 20cm (10 3/4 x 8"). Personal collection of Harmadar Singh Thind; thence by descent. Private family collection of a West London gentleman.