A Nawab with his family enjoying music and dance
16th– 17th Century CE
TSM Accession: P-805
Pleach No: PIF/00DMP67
Title: A Nawab with his family enjoying music & dance
Style: Golconda School – Deccani Miniature
Artist: Unknown
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 13 x 20 cms
Period: 16th – 17th century CE
Rights: Telangana State Museum, Hyderabad
Documented by: Pleach India Foundation, Hyderabad
This Deccani miniature renders a Nawab and his beloved enjoying music and dance with their attendants.
The Nawab family, in gold attire, sits regally on a choury couch, while dancers and musicians entertain them in the foreground. There is lush green foliage around the palace. In the background the aristocratic lifestyle of the time can be seen. Persian style outline and extensive use of gold with local colors epitomise the Golconda School of art.
