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A Falconer in European costume, Bundi or Kotah, mid-18th century
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description
- gouache with gold on paper
gouache with gold on paper, narrow borders of buff paper, inscription on reverse in nagari mentioning 'farangi'
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 2 June 1992, lot 333
Catalogue Note
The depiction of 'Farangis' (Europeans) in an almost lampoonish manner was popular in Rajasthani painting in the eighteenth century, especially at Bundi, Kotah and Mewar.