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LUCKNOW, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1780
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A LADY IN A JHAROKA WINDOW
LUCKNOW, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1780
The recto opaque pigments heightened with gold on card, set within gold illuminated indigo borders with gold rules, the borders ivory with floral sprays, the verso 5ll. of black nasta'liq in diagonal format on marbled paper, reserved against gold and silver floral scrolls, the borders and margins similar to recto
Painting: 9 1⁄8 x 5.6⁄8in. (23.2 x 14.5cm.); calligraphic panel 7 ¾ x 4 ¼in. (19.6 x 11.1cm.); folio 15 5⁄8 x 11 ¼in. (39.6 x 29.4cm.)
LUCKNOW, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1780
The recto opaque pigments heightened with gold on card, set within gold illuminated indigo borders with gold rules, the borders ivory with floral sprays, the verso 5ll. of black nasta'liq in diagonal format on marbled paper, reserved against gold and silver floral scrolls, the borders and margins similar to recto
Painting: 9 1⁄8 x 5.6⁄8in. (23.2 x 14.5cm.); calligraphic panel 7 ¾ x 4 ¼in. (19.6 x 11.1cm.); folio 15 5⁄8 x 11 ¼in. (39.6 x 29.4cm.)
Sale room notice
Please note this lot sold as part of the collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps Bt. (1792-1872) on 27 November 1974 at Sotheby’s New Bond Street (lot 728).
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