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INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MALWA, 18TH CENTURY
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A Scene from the Zenana
India, Rajasthan, Malwa, 18th century
A prince seated with a courtesan over a carpet at center, surrounded by pillows and trays of food, with attendants seated and standing nearby to offer further refreshment or a fan, a circle of musicians on the marble pavilion and two guards in the foreground, surrounded by flowerbeds and fountains with water fowl, a palace terrace with rolled curtains in the distance
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
14¾ x 10¼ in. (37.4 x 26 cm.), folio
India, Rajasthan, Malwa, 18th century
A prince seated with a courtesan over a carpet at center, surrounded by pillows and trays of food, with attendants seated and standing nearby to offer further refreshment or a fan, a circle of musicians on the marble pavilion and two guards in the foreground, surrounded by flowerbeds and fountains with water fowl, a palace terrace with rolled curtains in the distance
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
14¾ x 10¼ in. (37.4 x 26 cm.), folio
Provenance
Private Collection, Maine, early 1900s
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Please note that the dimensions of this work are:
14¾ x 10¼ in. (37.4 x 26 cm.), folio
14¾ x 10¼ in. (37.4 x 26 cm.), folio