Lot Essay
The stamp on the verso reads "[M]herulal Gordhan, Gun Makers, Nathdwara (Raj)."
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INDIA, RAJASTHAN, BUNDI, CIRCA 1750
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A PORTRAIT OF A COURTESAN IN A JHAROKHA WINDOW
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, BUNDI, CIRCA 1750
An elegant courtesan partially clothed in a flowing blue veil, holds a small gold cup to her lips, with her other hand she grasps a jewel encrusted bottle, wearing several necklaces and bangles, leaning slightly over the windowsill draped with a red carpet, set within the curved arch of the window, inside yellow ruled wide red margins with an inscription above and a stamp on the verso
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
10½ x 7 in. (26 x 17.7 cm.), painting
12¼ x 8 7/8 in. (31.1 x 22.5 cm.), folio
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, BUNDI, CIRCA 1750
An elegant courtesan partially clothed in a flowing blue veil, holds a small gold cup to her lips, with her other hand she grasps a jewel encrusted bottle, wearing several necklaces and bangles, leaning slightly over the windowsill draped with a red carpet, set within the curved arch of the window, inside yellow ruled wide red margins with an inscription above and a stamp on the verso
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
10½ x 7 in. (26 x 17.7 cm.), painting
12¼ x 8 7/8 in. (31.1 x 22.5 cm.), folio
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, late 1970s
Exhibited
Krasl Art Center, Michigan, 1986
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