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A Portrait of a Princess at a Jharoka Window
INDIA, MUGHAL, CIRCA 1720
Details
A Portrait of a Princess at a Jharoka Window
India, Mughal, circa 1720
A nimbated and jeweled princess stands before a window wearing a gold turban adorned with an aigrette; her bare breasts revealed through a transparent shawl embroidered with small flowers and edged in gold; mounted on an album page with gilt decorated borders
Folio: 13 1/8 x 8 9/16 in. (33.2 x 21.9 cm.); image: 9 x 5 in. (22.9 x 12.8 cm.)
India, Mughal, circa 1720
A nimbated and jeweled princess stands before a window wearing a gold turban adorned with an aigrette; her bare breasts revealed through a transparent shawl embroidered with small flowers and edged in gold; mounted on an album page with gilt decorated borders
Folio: 13 1/8 x 8 9/16 in. (33.2 x 21.9 cm.); image: 9 x 5 in. (22.9 x 12.8 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 25 March 1987, lot 10