λ THREE INDIAN IVORY PORTRAIT MINIATURES
Possibly Delhi, Northern India, late 19th - 20th century

Opaque pigments, white wash and gold on ivory, comprising two portraits of courtly ladies' nudes caught during their bathing and beauty rituals, both heavily bejewelled and wrapped in finely embroidered fabrics, seated on a floral floor panel on a courtly terrace, both mounted, glazed and framed, the largest 10.5cm x 8cm, the smallest 9cm x 8cm both excluding the frames; and an oval portrait of a British military officer, wearing several military decorations on his embroidered jacket, mounted, glazed and framed, 6.5cm x 5cm excluding the frame.

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