Pichwai (Cosmic Peacock)

A monumental peacock unfolds like a cosmogram, its fan of white plumage transformed into a flowering lattice where jeweled faces bloom within almond-shaped petals, turning ornament into a meditation on multiplicity and remembrance. Against the burnished mustard field and the grounding wedge of maroon, the creature becomes both icon and vessel: within its body, a miniature palace and garden sit alongside an intimate blue figure, collapsing landscape, devotion, and narrative into a single, radiant anatomy. The crisp linework and enamel-like color give the scene a ceremonial stillness, while the repeating visages suggest a chorus of presences—echoes of love, myth, and lineage—circling the central, watchful form.