Important Notice

JODHPUR, CIRCA 1830
Gouache on paper heightened with gold
Image: 5.5 x 4.25 in (13.9 x 10.7 cm)
Folio: 7.25 x 5.75 in (18.4 x 14.6 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY

PROVENANCE
The Tandan Collection

This nineteenth century portrait of a princess from the Jodhpur royal family has the "long uptilted eyes," lengthened nose and eyebrows typical of women's portraiture which formed the basis of a "special Jodhpur idiom." "By the mid-eighteenth century, Mughal influence had led to greater delicacy and... the cultivation of romance prompted a sensitive rendering of female physiques." (Archer, Indian Miniatures)

Relaxing against a bolster, the princess enjoys a drink from a small cup. Around her is an assortment of silverware, cordials, dishes containing paan, rosewater sprinklers, fruits and sweets, which are arrayed around her as symbols of luxury and status.

JODHPUR, CIRCA 1830
Gouache on paper heightened with gold
Image: 5.5 x 4.25 in (13.9 x 10.7 cm)
Folio: 7.25 x 5.75 in (18.4 x 14.6 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY

PROVENANCE
The Tandan Collection

This nineteenth century portrait of a princess from the Jodhpur royal family has the "long uptilted eyes," lengthened nose and eyebrows typical of women's portraiture which formed the basis of a "special Jodhpur idiom." "By the mid-eighteenth century, Mughal influence had led to greater delicacy and... the cultivation of romance prompted a sensitive rendering of female physiques." (Archer, Indian Miniatures)

Relaxing against a bolster, the princess enjoys a drink from a small cup. Around her is an assortment of silverware, cordials, dishes containing paan, rosewater sprinklers, fruits and sweets, which are arrayed around her as symbols of luxury and status.