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INDIA, MUGHAL, 17TH CENTURY
Details
A double-sided portrait of a noblewoman and a bird
India, Mughal, 17th century
One side depicting a princess wearing an orange and gold lengha and diaphanous purple odhni bordered in gold with matching slippers, adorned with necklaces, armlets, and earrings, gesturing towards a purple blossom held before her while standing on a grassy field with pistachio green background and high purple and white clouds against a blue sky; the verso with a brown and white bird with finely rendered feathers and inscribed with "shutara murga" below
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
Noblewoman: 5½ x 3½ in. (14.0 x 8.9 cm.), image
Bird: 6 7/8 x 4¾ in. (17.5 x 12.1 cm.), image
17 x 11 1/8 in. (43.2 x 28.3 cm.), folio
India, Mughal, 17th century
One side depicting a princess wearing an orange and gold lengha and diaphanous purple odhni bordered in gold with matching slippers, adorned with necklaces, armlets, and earrings, gesturing towards a purple blossom held before her while standing on a grassy field with pistachio green background and high purple and white clouds against a blue sky; the verso with a brown and white bird with finely rendered feathers and inscribed with "shutara murga" below
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
Noblewoman: 5½ x 3½ in. (14.0 x 8.9 cm.), image
Bird: 6 7/8 x 4¾ in. (17.5 x 12.1 cm.), image
17 x 11 1/8 in. (43.2 x 28.3 cm.), folio
Provenance
Private collection, Japan, acquired at Sotheby's, New York, 16 March 1988, lot 352
Private collection, Japan, acquired from previous owner 2007-08
Private collection, Japan, acquired from previous owner 2007-08
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