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Seven figure studies: A fortune-teller; A beggar; A mendicant with a bell; A mendicant from the Jain sect; A mendicant from the Brahman caste (illustrated); A contemplative saint; and A degraded Brahman attending a pilgrim
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Delhi School, c. 1835
Seven figure studies: A fortune-teller; A beggar; A mendicant with a bell; A mendicant from the Jain sect; A mendicant from the Brahman caste (illustrated); A contemplative saint; and A degraded Brahman attending a pilgrim
all inscribed in urdu (lower centre)
pencil, pen and black and red ink and watercolour with gum arabic heightened with bodycolour, five heightened with touches of gold, all on paper, unframed
five 6 7/8 x 4½ in. (17.4 x 11.4 cm.), and two 4½ x 6 7/8 in. (17.4 x 11.4 cm.) (7)
Seven figure studies: A fortune-teller; A beggar; A mendicant with a bell; A mendicant from the Jain sect; A mendicant from the Brahman caste (illustrated); A contemplative saint; and A degraded Brahman attending a pilgrim
all inscribed in urdu (lower centre)
pencil, pen and black and red ink and watercolour with gum arabic heightened with bodycolour, five heightened with touches of gold, all on paper, unframed
five 6 7/8 x 4½ in. (17.4 x 11.4 cm.), and two 4½ x 6 7/8 in. (17.4 x 11.4 cm.) (7)
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Please note that the illustration of this lot is incorrectly labeled as lot number 354 in the catalogue.
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