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JODHPUR, CIRCA 1780
Stamped on the reverse with 'Curio House, Udaipur'
Gouache on paper heightened with gold
Image: 12 x 7.75 in (30.4 x 19.6 cm)
Folio: 14.25 x 10.25 in (36.1 x 26 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY

PROVENANCE
The Tandan Collection


The two women, inscribed on the back as Nur Basi and Tilottama, are seen in a fond embrace. Pouring from a flask and sharing a cup, they gaze at each other with arms intertwined. The figure on the right wears a turban resembling a Muslim hat and "it is possible that even Hindu members of a raja's household occasionally wore Muslim fashions." (Archer, Indian Miniatures)

A similar miniature painting is in the National Museum in New Delhi. Commenting on it, Archer writes, "This picture, under Lucknow influence, portrays two ladies whose fond embrace mimics those of lovers...Large scale studies of women were a feature of Jaipur painting under Raja Pratap Singh (1779-1803), simplicity of form being joined to sensuousness of posture." (Archer, Indian Miniatures)




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  Lot 10 of 70  

CLASSICAL INDIAN ART
14 DECEMBER 2015

Estimate
Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000
$6,065 - 9,095

Winning Bid
Rs 5,04,000
$7,636
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)










 



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