A COURTLY LADY RELAXING ON A TERRACE
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN ESTATE
Possibly Basohli or Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the horizontal composition depicting a richly bejewelled and adorned courtly lady relaxing on a pile of cushions on a palatial terrace, smoking a huqqa, an attendant standing next to her, addressing her by joining her hands in sign of respect, the scene set within black rules and a dark red border, mounted, glazed and framed, the panel 21.5cm x 20cm, 48cm x 38cm including the frame.