A PAINTING OF A WOMAN CHASING A CAT THIEF, INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, KANGRA, 1800-1820 | Christie’s

10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.8 cm.) (folio)
9¹⁄₄ x 6¹⁄₂ in. (23.5 x 16.5 cm.) (image)

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A lady chases a small cat with a green parrot in its mouth, holding a stick in her right hand and the parrot's empty cage behind her. The scene is derived from poetry, the parrot symbolizing the woman's lover and the cat symbolizing her rival. A Kangra painting of the same subject is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (acc. no. IS.140-1955).

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