TWO PORTRAITS OF COURTLY LADIES
Provincial Mughal and Rajasthani Schools, Northern India, circa 1880 - 1920

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, comprising a small-sized Mughal-style standing portrait of a Rajasthani lady holding an offering tray with flower garlands, the black ink Devanagari script at the top reading A Lady Going to Make Offerings to the Gods, set within an album page-like border with grey drop pattern, 19.5cm x 12.3cm; and a courtly lady being offered fresh fruit from her half-clad female attendants, backed in wasli paper, 24cm x 16.5cm.