A COURTLY COUPLE ON A TERRACE
Bikaner, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition illustrating a moment of relaxation with a ruler and his female counterpart seated on a low bed on a terrace in a palatial garden setting, the nature around them in full blossom, next to the couple a standing maiden holding a red bolster, typical white marble Indian architecture, a red embroidered canopy, and verdant trees in the background, set within black, red and white rules, the reverse with three private property stamps of renowned Indian art collectors and connoisseurs of Nawalgarh, respectively Bhanwar Devendra Singh, Bh. Suraya Vijay Singh Shekhawat, and Kumar Sangram Singh, and a red stamp reading 'Kumar Sangram Singh Museum', mounted on a taupe card panel, the illustration 23cm x 15cm, 35.2cm x 25.2cm including the mount.