WOMEN BATHING IN A LOTUS FILLED LAKE AND A TIMURID MANUSCRIPT FOLIO
WOMEN BATHING IN A LOTUS FILLED LAKE AND A TIMURID MANUSCRIPT FOLIO
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WOMEN BATHING IN A LOTUS FILLED LAKE AND A TIMURID MANUSCRIPT FOLIO

THE PAINTING DECCAN INDIA, 18TH CENTURY; THE CALLIGRAPHY TIMURID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY

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WOMEN BATHING IN A LOTUS FILLED LAKE AND A TIMURID MANUSCRIPT FOLIO
THE PAINTING DECCAN INDIA, 18TH CENTURY; THE CALLIGRAPHY TIMURID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
Recto opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper depicting women bathing in a lake, a verse relating to the scene in black nasta’liq above, within minor gold illuminated pink borders and polychrome rules on buff margin, verso with calligraphic folio from a Timurid manuscript with small neat lines of black nastal’iq written on the diagonal between larger lines in gold and blue, gold floral meander between the lines and in the border, laid down on wide pink and blue margins with gold floral illumination
Painting 8 1/8 x 5 ¼in. (20.7 x 13.4cm.); calligraphy 5 x 2 ¾in. (12.6 x 6.7cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (29 x 17.6cm.)
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Lot Essay

Depictions of groups of women in the zenana or engaged in leisurely activities outdoors was a common theme in eighteenth century Deccani painting. The composition of our painting, including the posture of the women and the rendition of the foliage above, is very similar to an early eighteenth painting in the Chester Beatty Library depicting a party of women seated around and bathing in a lotus-filled lake at night. (L.Y. Leach, Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1986, no. 9.653, pp.924-925).

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