TWO PAINTINGS OF AN INTERACTION WITH A DEMON

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31.03.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 75 | TWO PAINTINGS OF AN INTERACTION WITH A DEMON
TWO PAINTINGS OF AN INTERACTION WITH A DEMON

PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, POSSIBLY AWADH OR DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1720-30

The first depicting a nocturnal scene with a courtly group on a terrace accompanied by a demon, the second showing a group of nobles confronting a demon during the day, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, both set within gold and black rules, with pink margins decorated with floral vines, the reverse of each with an illuminated panel of animals and leaves against a pink ground

The first: 7 3⁄4 x 12 1⁄8 (19.7 x 30.8cm.); folio 10 7⁄8 x 15 5⁄8in. (27.5 x 38.8cm.)

The second: 7 1⁄4 x 11 7⁄8in. (18.5 x 30.2cm.); folio 10 7⁄8 x 15 5⁄8in. (27.5 x 38.8cm.)







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