Portrait of a Woman, c 1675-1700. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; image: x cm (6 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.); paper: x 27 cm (16 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.). The royal court at Bikaner included Muslim women. This royal woman wears a white cloak covered with a repeating gilded leaf pattern and a screen sewn in at the forehead. When the cloak is pulled over her face for added modesty, she looks out through the screen.

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Photo credit: © CMA/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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