Lot Essay
This may represent entertainers impersonating dervishes.
FAIZABAD, 18TH CENTURY
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Dancing Dervishes
Faizabad, 18th Century
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a group of mystics, some in a state of undress, dance and wave their scourges, while one beats a drum, very slight wear, mounted on card with coloured margins
Miniature 2¾ x 6¼in. (7 x 16cm.)
Faizabad, 18th Century
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a group of mystics, some in a state of undress, dance and wave their scourges, while one beats a drum, very slight wear, mounted on card with coloured margins
Miniature 2¾ x 6¼in. (7 x 16cm.)