16th Jul, 2021 12:00

Islamic & Indian Paintings: The Dexter Collection Part II

 
  Lot 69
 

TWO PORTRAITS OF COURTLY LADIES
Delhi and Jaipur Schools, North India, late 19th and 20th century

TWO PORTRAITS OF COURTLY LADIES
Delhi and Jaipur Schools, North India, late 19th and 20th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, comprising two female portraits, the first featuring a typical North Indian lady of the court resting on a voluminous red bolster, wearing a diaphanous robe, baggy green trousers, several strands of pearls around her neck and encrusted golden jewellery and accessories on her forehead and ears, the composition pasted on later red-speckled borders, the recto with notes and figures in pencil, 22.8cm x 17cm; and a 20th-century replica of a European, light blonde lady wearing a 17th-century costume with lace collar and a Westernised aigrette, copied from an original or a print, the recto plain except for a pasted fragment from a letter or document written in sepia ink and dating to 2nd May 1835 and signed by George White, 28cm x 22cm.

Sold for £375

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