BUNDI, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1760

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A WOMAN AT HER TOILET
BUNDI, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1760
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, observed by a prince on horseback peering over a hill, the reverse with 4ll. of very loose devanagari script in ink and pencil notes and inventory number
Painting 7¼ x 4 5/8 in. (18.4 x 11.7 cm.); Folio 8 3/8 x 5½ in. (21.3 x 14 cm.), folio

Provenance

Christie's New York, 18 September 2013, lot 357
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

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Lot Essay

The scene of a bathing woman observed by an admirer on horseback is popular in Indian painting and was part of the repertoire of most schools. Another from Bundi and dated earlier than the present work, coming from the Carter Burden Collection and published by S.C. Welch, was sold by Christie's New York, 21 September 2007, lot 14.

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