Lot 143
  • 143

A Courtesan in a Garden at Night, India, Alwar, circa 1760

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

Gouache heightened with gold on stout paper, depicting a lady standing in a garden at night, placing one finger to her mouth on a small terrace before a lily pond, a landscape beyond with hilltop villages beneath a moonlit sky with clouds, plain borders

Provenance

Ex-collection Stuart Cary Welch
Sotheby's 12 December 1972, Lot 101

Condition

In good overall condition, colours and gold bright, as viewed.
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