ID 828832
Lot 74 | A PRINCESS LISTENING TO MUSIC
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 30 000
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
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Pahari painting |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Pahari painting |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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