ALWAR OR DELHI, INDIA, CIRCA 1820-30

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A YOUNG WOMAN CHOOSING HER JEWELLERY AFTER BATHING
ALWAR OR DELHI, INDIA, CIRCA 1820-30
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set within narrow black and gold borders, laid down on card margins, reverse plain, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 7 ½ x 4 ¾in. (18.9 x 12cm.); folio 11 ¼ x 8 3⁄8 in. (28.6 x 21.4cm.)

Provenance

Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1981.

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Lot Essay

As in lots 13 and 14, here a young lady, fresh from her bath, stands gracefully on a small platform, completely nude, retrieving her jewellery that is heaped on a circular table to her right. The composition is identical to that of lot 13, save for certain decorative details on the door and pediment.

See lot 13 for further discussion of the genre of painting. The close similarities between the three present paintings and the example at the Louvre Abu Dhabi (see lot 13) suggests that they are the work of a single artist or studio.

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