Portrait of a noble,

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Portrait of a noble,
gouache heightened with gold on paper, wearing orange skirts and turban, the noble stands facing right and holds a sword in his right hand and a flower in his left, cloudy sky above, white margin, red leaf, inscribed on verso under a red wash 'kalam chitara Paimji likhatu', (very light spotting and rubbing), Rajesthan, Ajmer area, circa 1800 - 26 x 19cm.; and a pair of ladies, beside a pavillion an older woman appears to comfort a younger one, whose skirts are pulled at by a small dog, a walled city and scenes of daily life visible beyond, black margin, central India, circa 1800 - 18.6 x 11.6cm.
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Lot Essay

The artist, Paimji, was born at Chitor but worked manly at Sarwar, near Ajmer.
For other paintings attributed to the artist see: Ehnbohm. D.J.: Indian Miniatures in the Ehrenfeld Collection, New York 1985, no. 57; Welch, S.C.: A Flower from Every Meadow, New York 1973. no.14; In the Image of Man, exhibition catalogue, London 1982, pp.77, 155. no.213; Guy, J. (ed): Indian art and Connoisseurship, Essays in Honour of Douglas Barrett, India 1995, pp.213-229.

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