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Flower study
Mughal, 18th century

Watercolour on paper, a single stem of yellow bell-shaped flowers, drawn naturalistically, the ground left plain, with a blue and gold applied border (some water damage)
miniature 6¾ x 4¼in. (17 x 10.5cm.)

Lot Essay

A very similar flower study, the verso of a miniature dating from around 1750 from Faizabad is illustrated in Gahlin,S: The courts of India, Paris, 1991, p. 50.

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