Indian Pichvai or Devotional Shrine Hanging, Framed

Ring of dancers in bright dress circles a patch of lawn beside a peacock.

This pichvai or devotional shrine hanging is from Rajasthan, India, and dates to the 19th century. It is pigment & cotton. The Nathdwara School, known for soft colors, many pigments and gold foil, almost always shows Krishna as Shrinathji, a young blue boy dressed in rich garments, jewelry and flower garlands. Framed painting of many small figures in pink, red and white forming a circle in a leafy green garden, with a peacock at the lower center and lotus leaves along the base. A wide gilded frame surrounds a cream mat. It is 55.5 inches wide and 85 long.

Everybody dancing, and a peacock who would like some space.