A maiden asleep in the arms of a prince Provincial Mughal, perhaps Delhi, circa 1780gouache and gold on paper, laid down on an album page with gilt-decorated floral inner borders and coloured and gold ruled inner margins, gold-sprinkled outer borders, nasta'liq inscription ragini sorath in outer border painting 203 x 132 mm.; album page 314 x 220 mm.FootnotesThe subject is obscure: it is potentially a ragamala scene, but it has not been possible to identify an exact comparison, and therefore the inscription appears to be incorrect or spurious. Alternatively it may be a scene from a romance. The same subject, including the two patiently-waiting horses, and the city in the distance, appears in a painting ascribed to Faizabad, circa 1770: see Christie's, Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, Rugs and Carpets, 20th and 22nd October 1992, lot 208.
A maiden asleep in the arms of a prince Provincial Mughal, perhaps Delhi, circa 1780gouache and gold on paper, laid down on an album page with gilt-decorated floral inner borders and coloured and gold ruled inner margins, gold-sprinkled outer borders, nasta'liq inscription ragini sorath in outer border painting 203 x 132 mm.; album page 314 x 220 mm.FootnotesThe subject is obscure: it is potentially a ragamala scene, but it has not been possible to identify an exact comparison, and therefore the inscription appears to be incorrect or spurious. Alternatively it may be a scene from a romance. The same subject, including the two patiently-waiting horses, and the city in the distance, appears in a painting ascribed to Faizabad, circa 1770: see Christie's, Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, Rugs and Carpets, 20th and 22nd October 1992, lot 208.
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