SIGNED HUNKAR, SUB-IMPERIAL MUGHAL, INDIA, CIRCA 1590

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LOVERS ON A TERRACE
SIGNED HUNKAR, SUB-IMPERIAL MUGHAL, INDIA, CIRCA 1590
Opaque pigments on paper, two short lines of nasta'liq above, small signature in the lower left corner, laid down between gold and polychrome rules and minor borders with gold illumination on wide similarly illuminated blue borders
Painting 3 ¾ x 4 5/8in. (9.5 x 12.1cm.); folio 7 ¾ x 12 ½in. (19.8 x 31.6cm.)

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Lot Essay

The painting is in good condition overall. There is some light abrasion of the white pigment above the couple. The white pigment used to paint the cat sitting it on the foreground is slightly oxidised. There is some very light rubbing on the faces of the two female attendants on the left hand side. The lapis lazuli pigment used to paint the carpet beneath the couple is almost completely gone and only a small area of pigment remains on the painting, visible as a blue patch between the gold vessels. The illuminated borders are in good condition with only minor scuffing and tears around the edges.

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