31st Oct, 2023 14:00

Islamic & Indian Art
 
  Lot 172
 

AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RASIKAPRIYA SERIES: THREE LADIES IN CONVERSATION
In the style of 17th-century Malwa School, Rajasthan, India, 18th - 19th century

AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RASIKAPRIYA SERIES: THREE LADIES IN CONVERSATION
In the style of 17th-century Malwa School, Rajasthan, India, 18th - 19th century

Opaque pigments on paper, the horizontal-format composition depicting a scene in the typical 17th-century Malwa pictorial style featuring female figures with hourglass-shaped waists, always in profile stances, with elongated 'fish eyes' and rounded black tassels embellishing their hair and clothes, portraying here three ladies in conversation seated in a white marble pavilion surrounded by lush palm trees and verdant hills, set within black and yellow rules, mounted, glazed and framed, the folio 12cm x 17.8cm, 26.5cm x 31.5cm including the frame.

Dimensions: the folio 12cm x 17.8cm, 26.5cm x 31.5cm including the frame

Estimated at £600 - £800

 

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