ca. 1725

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, part of a Baramasa series illustrating the months of the year by showing the activities of lovers; the month of Karttik is represented here. A man approaches a woman in a pavilion, while in the background the same figures play a game of chaupar. The nobleman wears saffron-yellow jama and orange Rathor pagri. Through the open rear window, cypresses and flowering trees can be seen. In the foreground are schematic steps and railings in plain yellow, maroon, grey and red. In the background landscape, two men bathe in a pool, a noble couple play chaupar, and two women execute a rangoli design (associated with the month of Karttika). Another bed with cushions stands on the roof of the pavilion, in a chattri with curving eaves.