INDIA, BIKANER, 18TH CENTURY

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A painting of women playing music
India, Bikaner, 18th century
With four ladies seated on a striped dhurri on the banks of a lake, carrying various implements of leisure, a fifth lady seated in a tree and enjoying a refreshment, an attendant carrying a flywhisk and ready with a towel, all wearing golden and colored jamas beneath sheer kurtas embellished with golden blockprint and piping, an antelope and swans gazing on, palace walls visible on either side in the distance
16 1/8 x 11 in. (41 x 28 cm.) with border

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Lot Essay

The present example demonstrates how the Bikaner school of painting shows a strong relationship to the earlier Mughal style. After the Bikaner kingdom chose to ally themselves with the Mughals, they began to receive a steady stream of delegates from Delhi, including artists who stayed and contributed to the local painting ateliers. The shadowing of the faces, their costume, and even the large size and borders are all similar to earlier Mughal painting.

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