Lot Essay
This painting depicts the hero in his lady’s bedchamber. She is feigning being asleep while eagerly awaiting his approach.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
ILLUSTRATION TO AN AMARUSATAKA SERIES
MALWA, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1660-70
Details
ILLUSTRATION TO AN AMARUSATAKA SERIES
MALWA, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1660-70
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper, numbered '22' on reverse
Painting 5 ¼ x 6 7/8 in. (13.3 x 17.4 cm.); folio 5.6/8 x 8 5/8 in. (14.6 x 21.8 cm.)
MALWA, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1660-70
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper, numbered '22' on reverse
Painting 5 ¼ x 6 7/8 in. (13.3 x 17.4 cm.); folio 5.6/8 x 8 5/8 in. (14.6 x 21.8 cm.)
Provenance
Peter Beinstock Collection, New York.
Sotheby’s New York, 2 September 1997, lot 402.
Sotheby’s New York, 2 September 1997, lot 402.