拍品專文
The same nobleman is identified as Shuja-ud-Daula in B. Schimtz, After the Great Mughals, 2002, p. 5, cat. no 4.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTOR
Nidha Mal, A painting of an oudh Nobleman Reclining on a Couch
by Moonlight
SIGNED "AMAL-I NIDHA MAL" ON TERRACE WALL INDIA, OUDH, CIRCA 1750
細節
Nidha Mal, A painting of an oudh Nobleman Reclining on a Couch
by Moonlight
Signed "Amal-I Nidha Mal" on Terrace Wall
India, Oudh, Circa 1750
The prince wearing a sheer white jama over floral gold brocade pyjamas, holding a huqqa and reclining on a silver and gilt bed under a matching canopy, motioning to a singer and musician seated before him and surrounded by further attendants, the men wearing simple white and the women in sheer white angarkha over silver or gold pyjamas with matching odhni, all on a white marble parapet with a balustrade on both sides, a river with boats and a moonlit landscape in the distance, the full moon and silver start shining brightly above
Opaque pigments, gold and silver on wasli
9 x 13 1/8 in. (22.9 x 33.3 cm.), image
10 3/8 x 14½ in. (26.4 x 36.8), folio
by Moonlight
Signed "Amal-I Nidha Mal" on Terrace Wall
India, Oudh, Circa 1750
The prince wearing a sheer white jama over floral gold brocade pyjamas, holding a huqqa and reclining on a silver and gilt bed under a matching canopy, motioning to a singer and musician seated before him and surrounded by further attendants, the men wearing simple white and the women in sheer white angarkha over silver or gold pyjamas with matching odhni, all on a white marble parapet with a balustrade on both sides, a river with boats and a moonlit landscape in the distance, the full moon and silver start shining brightly above
Opaque pigments, gold and silver on wasli
9 x 13 1/8 in. (22.9 x 33.3 cm.), image
10 3/8 x 14½ in. (26.4 x 36.8), folio
來源
Carter Burden Collection
Sotheby's New York, 27 March 1991, lot 88
Sotheby's New York, 16 September 1999, lot 148
Sotheby's New York, 20 September 2002, lot 113
Sotheby's New York, 27 March 1991, lot 88
Sotheby's New York, 16 September 1999, lot 148
Sotheby's New York, 20 September 2002, lot 113