Woman with Flower Basket / "Malin"

It is a female figure called malin who is associated with Raja Sailesh of Bihar. She is shown standing on a circular pedestal and wears decorated ornaments, necklace, btracelet, ear and nose ring and a crown on her head painted in gold and silver. She is holding a basket of flowers with her right hand and is carrying a child by her left hand. The face is realistically treated with big eyes and sharp nose. The figurine is painted red, green, blue and yellow. It is highly decoreted with big black and white dots and black hatched lines on her skirt and blouse-p103, Forms and many forms of Mother clay by Haku shah.