A GROUP OF FOUR PROVINCIAL LATE INDIAN PAINTINGS FOR THE EXPORT MARKET
India, mid to late 20th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, comprising a Mughal-revival painting of a courtly procession with ladies on horseback and palanquins in the middle of the forest, 28cm x 19cm; an illustration to a Bhagavata Purana with Krishna killing the Horse Demon, 21.5cm x 28cm; a night scene with a ruler and his advisor visiting a hermit in the forest, 24.6cm x 34cm; and a homecoming scene during the Monsoon season, a Rajput ruler returning home and being greeted by three ladies of the house, 32cm x 24cm.