THREE INDIAN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAITS
Mughal Northern India and Rajasthan, North-Western India, late 18th - 19th century

Opaque pigments, pencil and ink on paper, comprising a small equestrian portrait, heightened with gold, depicting a ruler with a large radiating halo riding his white steed, his attire in line with Mughal etiquette and style, laid on light blue paper, the plain reverse with old Christie's London lot and barcode stickers, 18cm x 14cm; another with a Rajput rider wearing a green turban, a hawk perched on his hand suggesting the subject is on a hunting trip, a line of black ink Takri script at the top of the page, the reverse plain and marked with numerals, scribbles and a barcode sticker, 29cm x 20cm; and a realistic sketch of an Indian rider in a Western hand, possibly by a European artist active in India or a local painter trained in Western portraiture, laid on buff card, 25.2cm x 24cm.