A noble and his courtesan

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A noble and his courtesan
possibly Maharaja Bhim Singh, gouache heightened with gold on paper, the couple sit among cushions in a marble courtyard, as he caresses her chin, red and black borders - 11¼ x 8½in. (28.5 x 21.6cm.); and the month of Magha, the dark-skinned Krishna sits on a terrace in a palace by a lake with attendants and musicians, vases of mango blossoms are placed before them, ladies sit on a balcony above, wide red border - 11¼ x 7½in. (28.7 x 18.7cm.), both India, late 19th/20th century

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The painting of the month of Magha (in the spring season) is a copy of an 18th century Bundi painting now in the collection of the Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay. See: Dwivedi, V.P.: Barahmasa, Delhi 1980, frontispiece.

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