Court ladies playing with fireworks
A Mughal-style painting of four women on a sandy ground beneath a dark night sky, one raising a glittering, sparkling cord of fireworks while the others look on. Color and gold on paper, set within an ornate gold and orange patterned border.
- Artist
- Attributed to Muhammad Afzal (active 1740-1780)
- Date
- ca. 1740
- Medium
- Color and gold on paper
- Source
- Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
- Size
- 1987 × 2819 px
Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1745).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art