Women Celebrating Spring Holi Festival, Gouache on Silk Vintage Indian Miniature Painting herald with binding holding and all

with binding holding and all pages present

with little wooden hands nailed to the end of the sleeves

How much more romantic a vision this group of cyclists in black suits and hats than a bunch in fluorescent spandex and helmets

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Women Celebrating Spring Holi Festival, Gouache on Silk Vintage Indian Miniature Painting herald with binding holding and allI am not at all an expert on Indian miniature style paintings but find them quite amazing, and when I happened upon this one at an antiques shop in my neck of the woods I had to bring it home. In addition to the jewel like colors and patterns and marvelous intensity of detail, I just love the depiction of a world of women coming together. I am more or less certain it portrays two scenes at Holi, or the "Festival of Colors," marking the end of winter