A princess seated on a terrace with a girl musician, Sawar, Ajmer, circa 1725-50

pen, ink and gouache heightened with gold on paper

David Tremayne Ltd., London
Sven Gahlin, London
Walter C. Lees, London & Paris (1917-2010)
Christie’s, London, 16 July 2010, lot 208

In good overall condition, as viewed.
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This miniature, together with a series of similar works which appear to be by the same artist, is unusual in that it is painted directly onto unprepared paper with no use of heavy body-colour. For closely related works in the National Museum, New Delhi, see Brussels 1974, p.26, no.75 and pl.73, and in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, see Poster 1994, pp.219-220, no.174. For two larger and slightly earlier drawings from Sawar also on uncoloured paper, see Topsfield 2012, pp.212-217, nos.90-91.