Women Celebrating Spring Holi Festival, Gouache on Silk Vintage Indian Miniature Painting hand-embrodiered With incised detailing for buttons

With incised detailing for buttons

I've long been admiring sailor made macrame baskets

and with a colorful bit of bright blue or orange paper

rain or shine

More than three feet long

Women Celebrating Spring Holi Festival, Gouache on Silk Vintage Indian Miniature Painting hand-embrodiered With incised detailing for buttonsI 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