A woman at her toilet

INDIA, BUNDI, CIRCA 1760

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A woman at her toilet
India, Bundi, circa 1760
The partially nude woman seated with her unguents by a lotus-filled stream, her arms raised and chin lifted as she washes her tresses, observed by a prince on horseback peering over a hill at upper right, the twilight sky crimson and gold and a lotus-filled pond in the distance
Opaque pigments and gold on paper
7¼ x 4 5/8 in. (18.4 x 11.7 cm.), image
8 3/8 x 5½ in. (21.3 x 14 cm.), folio

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Lot Essay

The scene of a bathing woman observed by an admirer on horseback is popular in Indian painting and was part of the repertoire of most schools. Another from Bundi and dated earlier than the present work, coming from the Carter Burden Collection and published by S.C. Welch, was sold by Christie's New York, 21 September 2007, lot 14.

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