Lot Essay
The verso with an inscription on the verso, "Tasvir Mardan Singh of Kujuraho."
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Property from the Collection of Robert O. Muller
A painting of an eloping couple
INDIA, JAIPUR, 19TH CENTURY
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A painting of an eloping couple
India, Jaipur, 19th century
An unfinished painting of a man on an elephant standing in a lotus pond, his lover stepping off a balcony into her waiting suitor, both looking back to an old crone giving advice, with an elaborate palace plan at right and attendants on horses in the lower left
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
12 7/8 x 9½ in. (32.6 x 24 cm.)
India, Jaipur, 19th century
An unfinished painting of a man on an elephant standing in a lotus pond, his lover stepping off a balcony into her waiting suitor, both looking back to an old crone giving advice, with an elaborate palace plan at right and attendants on horses in the lower left
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
12 7/8 x 9½ in. (32.6 x 24 cm.)