Arts of the Islamic World & India
Arts of the Islamic World & India
A lady bathing, India, Rajasthan, probably Bundi, circa 1770
Auction Closed
October 25, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
gouache heightened with gold on paper, narrow yellow border, black and white rules, red margin, reverse with inventory numbers in pencil and ink
painting: 21.3 by 14.4cm.
leaf: 27 by 20cm.
The reclining pose of our lady, with an arm stretched backwards, finds comparison with other Bundi paintings of this period with ladies depicted in a similar manner. A lady yearning for her lover, which was in the collection of J.K. Galbraith, former US Ambassador to India, is illustrated in Randhawa and Galbraith 1968, p.85, pl.15.
Another painting of a lady reclining languorously on a bed, with two female attendants, sold at Bonhams London, 23 October 2018, lot 127.