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INDIA, RAJASTHAN, PROBABLY BUNDI, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A SPORTING COUPLE IN A SEXUAL EMBRACE
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, PROBABLY BUNDI, LATE 18TH CENTURY
A couple seated on a white textile in a floral garden surrounded by a lake filled with fish an lotus plants, he with hennaed hair wearing a European style hat with feather plume and brandishing a rifle, she adorned with gold and pearl jewelry and holding a talwar and shield, against a blue background with polychrome cloud band inside wide red margins
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
8 5/8 x 6¼ in. (21.8 x 15.8 cm.), painting
10 1/8 x 7¼ in. (25.6 x 18.4 cm.), folio
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, PROBABLY BUNDI, LATE 18TH CENTURY
A couple seated on a white textile in a floral garden surrounded by a lake filled with fish an lotus plants, he with hennaed hair wearing a European style hat with feather plume and brandishing a rifle, she adorned with gold and pearl jewelry and holding a talwar and shield, against a blue background with polychrome cloud band inside wide red margins
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
8 5/8 x 6¼ in. (21.8 x 15.8 cm.), painting
10 1/8 x 7¼ in. (25.6 x 18.4 cm.), folio
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, early 1970s
Exhibited
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1976