A PRINCESS LISTENING TO MUSIC

Starting price
£ 25 000
Auction dateClassic
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 828832
Lot 74 | A PRINCESS LISTENING TO MUSIC
A PRINCESS LISTENING TO MUSIC

NURPUR, NORTH INDIA, 1770-80

Opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, set within red margin and black and white rules, the reverse plain

Painting 6 3/8 x 10 1/2in. (16.4 x 26.8cm.); folio 6 7/8 x 11 1/8in. (17.7 x 28.2cm.)





Literature

L.V. Habighorst, L. Reichart, P.A. and V. Sharma, Love for Pleasure: Betel, Tobacco, Wine and Drugs in IndianMiniatures, Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz, 2007. Published in German as Genuss und Rausch. Betel, Tabak, Wein und Rauschdrogen in indischen Miniaturen, Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz, 2007, fig. 41, p. 67

V. Sharma, Kangra ki citramkan parampara, Chamba, 2010, p. 102

Francesca Galloway, Indian Paintings from the Ludwig Habighorst Collection, London, 2018, no. 9



Exhibited

Genuss und Rausch - Betel, Tabak, Wein, Hasch und Opium in der indischen Malerei, Zürich, Museum Rietberg, 2010
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
27.10.2022 – 27.10.2022
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase

Related terms