22nd Apr, 2020 15:00

Islamic & Indian Art

 
  Lot 15
 

A NOBLEMAN SMOKING A HUQQA PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (1927 - 2018) COLLECTION
Rajasthan, North Western India, second half 19th century

A NOBLEMAN SMOKING A HUQQA
PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (1927 - 2018) COLLECTION
Rajasthan, North Western India, second half 19th century

Opaque pigments, silver and gold on paper, the vertical composition portraying a Rajput nobleman seated on a terrace in front of a mirror, smoking from a golden huqqa base, wine cups in front of him next to the mirror, to his side his tulwar (sword) and dhal (shield), the scene set within black rules and red borders, the verso with three lines of black Devanagari script and the stamp of 'M/S Kaluram Girdharilal', 24.7cm x 19.5cm.

Sold for £500

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