A GROUP OF ATHLETES PRACTISING MALLAKHAMBA (POLE GYMNASTICS) Rajasthan, North Western India, 18th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting three athletes practising yoga and gymnastics moves, the one on the far left hanging on a pole training in the typical Indian discipline called Mallakhamba , the scene set against a mountainous landscape, a white temple structure in the far horizon, the painting pasted onto simple paper with dark blue borders, mounted, framed and glazed, 28cm x 23.5cm including the frame.