£1,625
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 682
Auction: 13 May 2022 at 11:00 BST
gouache and gold on paper, portraying a princess lying down, in what appears to be a state of early confinement, the waterlily on her stomach symbolising life, servants fanning her from behind, whilst two servants in the foreground are burning incense and another is wringing a white cloth, members of the harem looking on from the right
Provenance: formerly in a Swiss collection