This fantastic composite painting of the animal with a woman's head belongs to the Golconda school, the character of which remains mysterious. It was highly influenced by the Persian School. This picture has a tense opulence and the composite composition has a pulsating vitality that is fundamentally un-Persian. The underlying Indian sensibility is apparent in this picture. Birds that dominate the sky, land animals and fish belonging to the sea constitute the composite. Going by the face, it appears to be that of a deity. She has perfect features - perfection a little marred by the positioning of the ear. She wears a crown with six parrots - these birds being the symbol of Kama, the god of love. Among the prominently depicted and similarly placed animals peeps a small face of a woman. The clearly recognizable forms appear at total ease with each other. Some of them are clinging and others emerging from each other. On the body rests a leopard, shaped like a musical instrument.
This composite animal with a woman's face is being led by a creature, himself a composite of a monkey and a demon, and who is tempting it with the sound of the bell and with wine, the two that he holds in either hand. He wears a fair amount of jewelry and the hair is done in an elaborate fashion.
The use of colors is limited but they compliment each other. The background is flat, done in brilliant yellow with shades of orange. The outer border is done in deep red, a color also used in the main composition. Here it helps to uplift the entire painting to the surface.
This description by Renu Rana.
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