Rhada Bathing with Krishna Watching, Fine Antique Indian Miniature Painting, Framed as Found painted decorated carved box Clearly a portrait of a

Clearly a portrait of a specific place

and in full on the back

I believe they are most likely Anasazi artifacts

I'm a sucker for old spinning tops--for me as much a vehicle for great color as anything else--and this appears an early one

Rhada Bathing with Krishna Watching, Fine Antique Indian Miniature Painting, Framed as Found painted decorated carved box Clearly a portrait of aI purchased this one at Brimfield from a dealer of very fine things (a few of which I've brought home over the years, a 19th century flip up brass pocket pendant sun dial one of my favorites ever.) He had recently acquired a dozen or so Indian miniatures manuscript paintings from one collection, many of them erotic and all of them wonderful; this the one that called to me. (What richer, time and culture spanning art historical subject than a bathing