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A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION OF INDIAN PAINTINGS
A PORTRAIT OF A MARATHA GENERAL
GWALIOR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1865
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A PORTRAIT OF A MARATHA GENERAL
GWALIOR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1865
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, seated cross-legged facing left, the head with a pink turban and the neck adorned with a pearl and emerald necklace, holding a sword in his left hand, the sitter identified in Urdu as Suchhman Rao Phalke, within blue and yellow borders
Painting with border 16 5/8 x 12in. (42 x 30.5cm.)
GWALIOR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1865
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, seated cross-legged facing left, the head with a pink turban and the neck adorned with a pearl and emerald necklace, holding a sword in his left hand, the sitter identified in Urdu as Suchhman Rao Phalke, within blue and yellow borders
Painting with border 16 5/8 x 12in. (42 x 30.5cm.)
Provenance
Acquired before 1991.
Brought to you by
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse