Flower Seller in Meena Bazaar Lot n° 9

In the Mughal era, a visit to Meena Bazaar accounted as a day of joy; famous for traditional clothes and accessories for women along with mesmerized decorations and a whole-lot-of laughter and fun. _x000D_A miniature of the same shown on this page, flourishes us in excitement on seeing a flower seller who has put her stall for the first time on that day in the ancient white structured shop; she has a full stock of colorful flowers of all varieties- bouquets wrapped in paper, placed beautifully in various shapes and sizes of pots, some hanging on the roof while others are hung or piled up in a weaved garland. _x000D_The vibrant beauty of flowers and their sweet fragrance catches the attention of the dasis, who come running towards the damsels, all dressed up in usual elegant attires, to purchase flowers either to decorate their homes or to adorn themselves in flower jewellery and gajra to lure their lovers. The consciously happy and calm expressions of the sellers fill them in ecstasy and love to have a happy flower shopping. _x000D_This colorful mural is framed in a contrasting deep golden ancient border and bright gold flower patches giving an essence of the historic era. Specifications: Watercolor on Paper Artist Navneet Parikh 10.0" X 13.0" This colourful miniature, contained in a magnificent frame adorned with uniform flowering plant motifs rendered in gold against a deep golden background, portrays four women, two flower-sellers and other two, buyers. The actual scene has been set within an arched marble pavilion wrought with gold, obviously a shop, as it was during the Mughal India a shop's usual form. All Mughal forts, as the Delhi's Red Fort, and walled towns, as Shahjahanabad, had long bazaars with uniformly structured shops. Besides such bazaars, outer apartments of residential buildings were also used for commercial activities. As arched elevation and openings characterised all buildi