FIGURES in bronze and marble, and a group in silver are the contributions of students of the Modelling Class, and of the Silversmiths’ Class in the Department of the School of Art founded by Lord Reay, Governor of Bombay. The bronze statue of a Hindu girl playing her sittar represents what must have been a familar Indian spectacle in the early mornings when the young women seated themselves before the Temples to play matutinal airs in honour of the Gods.
"Chapter III. The Indian Room—Statuettes, Furniture, Ornaments, and Pottery." In The Bombay Revival of Indian Art - A Descriptive Account of the Indian Room Constructed and Decorated By the Staff and Students of the School of Art. Bombay: Sir J. J. School of Art, 1924.