Kakhuba Ragini, woman with two peacocks, North India, Rajasthan, probably Bikaner, late 17th century Gouache, gold and silver on paper depicting a woman in a wooded landscape with a bird-filled sky, a standing woman holding garlands of flowers in her hands and framed by two peacocks, a water feature lined with water lilies in the foreground. Mounted as an album page on ecru paper. Inscribed in Persian and Devanagari in black ink on the back. Framed. Painting size: 15.1 x 10 cm; page size: 27 x 18.3 cm Minimal stains, slight folds and stains in margin, partly sunned. Provenance: Sotheby's sale, London, December 9, 1970, lot no. 13. A note on the back of the frame attributes this work to the painter Nasiruddin, son of Nur Muhammad, who was active from 1679 to 1700.