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PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK GENTLEMAN
A group of twenty-one miniature paintings
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1750 WITH LATER BORDERS
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A group of twenty-one miniature paintings
India, Rajasthan, circa 1750 with later borders
Comprising three ragamala paintings, eight of a woman on a palace terrace with attendants, three of couples also on terraces, two genre scenes with male figures, and five of a holy or religious context, each adhered to a secondary support with simple borders and with an inscription in a gold cartouche at top, the loose leaves encased in a European slipcover
5 3/16 x 3½ in. (13.7 x 8.9 cm.) each (21)
India, Rajasthan, circa 1750 with later borders
Comprising three ragamala paintings, eight of a woman on a palace terrace with attendants, three of couples also on terraces, two genre scenes with male figures, and five of a holy or religious context, each adhered to a secondary support with simple borders and with an inscription in a gold cartouche at top, the loose leaves encased in a European slipcover
5 3/16 x 3½ in. (13.7 x 8.9 cm.) each (21)
Sale room notice
Please note this lot comprises an additional miniature painting, bringing the total to twenty-two.