Two drawings and five paintings from the Mithila, North India, Bihar, Madhubani Mithila, second half of the 20th century Two Kashni style drawings in black ink depicting, one a rosette of female figures, two women in the center, one of whom is a musician, surrounded by a round of women, four female musicians at the corners, the second three draped female figures each holding a branch of the tree widely spread above their heads. Both inscribed in devanagari ink on the back; three brightly colored figurative paintings in the Bahni style representing, one, a male face encircled by a corolla of orange and pink petals and then a striated nimbus enhanced by blue and pink dots, the second a rosette in the center furnished with a musician surrounded by a round of women and then by friezes of ocelli, four birds occupying the corners, the third five black hills flanked on either side by a snake and a female figure. Two are inscribed in devanagari in ink on the back; two yantra meditation supports, brightly colored paintings in the tantric style representing, one a white disc with blue petals surrounded by pink on a yellow background and framed by four white corners, the other a disc with pink petals on a yellow background surrounded by pink. Inscriptions in devanagari with black and pink inks on the back. 57 x 76 and 56 x 57 cm (for the two meditation supports) Accidents, tears, stains. 2 Mithila Drawings and 5 Paintings, North India, Bihar, Madhubani Mithila, 2nd half of 20th century