A metal thread embroidered silk panel depicting Guru Nanak with Bala and Mardana
North India, circa 1900
of square form, the blue silk ground embroidered in polychrome and metal thread depicting Guru Nanak flanked by Bhai Mardana and Bhai Bala under a tree, Mardana holding a rebab and Bala with a fly whisk, birds perching among the branches of the tree, one suspended in a bird cage, Guru Nanak depicted with halo, the yellow silk border with foliate vines, backed
100 x 100 cm.