AN INEBRIATED PRINCESS BEING LED BY TWO FEMALE ATTENDANTS TO A BEDCHAMBER ON A PALACE TERRACE ‡
INDIA, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Estimate: £600 - £800
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
gouache heightened in gold on paper, gold floral decorated border with red and black rules, depicting a lady adorned in jewellery with her arm stretched outwards towards a tray of drinks being held by a servant, her duenna or chambermaid pulling her away with the help of a smaller female servant, all on a palace terrace under a moonlit sky with trees in the distance, unframed
Dimensions
26.3cm x 18.9cm
Footnote
For another illustration of this very same scene attributed to Bundi, circa 1760, sold at Bonhams, see Islamic and Indian Art, 5 July 2006, lot 232.