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huming sound. She is standing on her right leg and the left one is resting on the right foot, this is the traditional way in which a female figure is composed by the Rajasthani painters. The lady's dress consisting of ‘chundari', a ‘choli' and a 'ghāgharā' and the head ornaments of 'karnafool, ‘nath', 'dāmani' and the pearl necklaces attached to the girdle at the thin waist and the bracelets, armlets and the 'ghunghru' on the feet, all enhance the picturesqueness and gaiety of the figural rendering. The flowering shrubs on both sides of the figure encircle her graceful form in an oval decorative frame. The
brush work is bold and vigorous. 12. THE LOVERS' TRIO:
A vertical panel in which a group of three figures is composed. The central figure is that of Krishna clasping the two gopis of Brija round their necks in his arms. Like Vaishnavite lyrics the miniature on the wall reproduce the same genré poetry full of village simplicity, charming maidenhood and robust youth. The Mandara flowers looming large on the figures at the top of the picture
create poetic and sensuous flavour. 13. RADHA'S TOILET:
Rupagarvitā. Proud of her beauty, she has completed her ‘shringār' and is admiring her beauty reflected in the mirror held by her 'sakhi'. She is sitting on a 'chorang,' square seat, supported by a round and big silky pillow, stretching her arms over her head giving an attractive twist to her torso with raised bosoms. The sitting posture is typically Indian and the style of painting linear and flat. The coiffeur of the profile head is exquisite and her hair arranged and plaited is carefully brought behind her back accentuating the curvacious line of her thin waist and rounded hips. It is interesting to note that the faces of the rest of the figures in the picture are drawn in profiles. The small peep-window in the back wall of the courtyard balances the whole composition. The undulating line created by the arrangements of the heads, hands and the upper garments of the figures act as liaison between the five charming figures of the bevies so gracefully painted by the artist.
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