ID 727306
Lot 76 | A FORLORN LADY
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, POSSIBLY AWADH OR DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1720-30
A lady sits lovelorn on a carpeted terrace, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set within gold and black rules, the pink borders and margins decorated with flowering vines, the reverse with an illuminated panel of animals and flowers against a pink ground
Painting 7 5⁄8 x 5 3⁄8in. (19.5 x 13.7cm.); folio 15 3⁄4 x 11 1⁄2in. (40 x 29.2cm.)
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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