Arts of the Islamic World & India

Arts of the Islamic World & India

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 217. An illustration from an erotic series, India, Bundelkhand, Orchha, circa 1640.

An illustration from an erotic series, India, Bundelkhand, Orchha, circa 1640

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

gouache heightened with gold on paper, yellow panel to upper section, white borders with black rules, red margins

painting: 18.8 by 13.8cm.

leaf: 21.5 by 15.8cm.

Ex-private collection, USA, 1998

Sam Fogg Ltd., London

Ex-collection Eugene Roberts, USA, 2003

Another painting from this series is illustrated by P. Pal, Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal and Tibet, London, 2001, p.174, no.92. 

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