Scenes of life in a palace, North India, late 19th century Paper sheet illustrated on both sides in gouache and gold, depicting on one side a couple chatting with a man on the terrace of a palace guarded at the entrance by two men, with a procession of horses and elephants marching past at the foot of the building. On the reverse, probably the same procession at the foot of a palace, at whose window appear three bare-chested men, two of whom appear to be supporting the third. Several gilded and polychrome borders frame the scenes. Frame. 17.1 x 13.2 cm and 16.7 x 12.8 cm Significant polychromatic differences.