Lot Essay
Bahadur Singh worked with Mir Chand at Faizabad and then Lucknow. For other examples of his work see Falk and Archer: Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library, London 1981, nos 251-2, 255, 262 and 351.
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A lady entertaining
provincial Mughal, circa 1750-60
gouache heightened with gold on paper, on a white terrace with the grassy shores of a lake behind, a woman reaches out to another sitting beside her on a low day-bed, both hold cups, an attendant and a musician sit by them, possibly by Bahadur Singh, pink and gold meandering vine border within gold, black and white rules, on blue leaf, (negligible rubbing), verso with a painting of a white rose bush outlined in gold on a grey ground, matching floral border on pink ground with green and black margins, blue and gold outer foliate border in gold, black and white rules, on russet leaf, framed and glazed
recto miniature 9½ x 6¾in. (24.1 x 17.2cm.)
verso miniature 6¾ x 4¾in. (17 x 12.1cm.)
provincial Mughal, circa 1750-60
gouache heightened with gold on paper, on a white terrace with the grassy shores of a lake behind, a woman reaches out to another sitting beside her on a low day-bed, both hold cups, an attendant and a musician sit by them, possibly by Bahadur Singh, pink and gold meandering vine border within gold, black and white rules, on blue leaf, (negligible rubbing), verso with a painting of a white rose bush outlined in gold on a grey ground, matching floral border on pink ground with green and black margins, blue and gold outer foliate border in gold, black and white rules, on russet leaf, framed and glazed
recto miniature 9½ x 6¾in. (24.1 x 17.2cm.)
verso miniature 6¾ x 4¾in. (17 x 12.1cm.)