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A PRINCELY COUPLE ON A TERRACE<br />
BY GUMANA, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, NORTH<br />
<strong>INDIA</strong>, CIRCA 1820<br />
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on<br />
paper, the couple in a amorous embrace seats on<br />
a large padded chair, he wears an elaborate hat<br />
after European fashion, both under an awning,<br />
surrounded with female attendants, a lake<br />
appearing behind the balustrade, a cloudy sunset<br />
sky at top, laid down on gold-speckled pink border<br />
with blue and cream margins, the reverse with<br />
devanagari inscription<br />
Painting 9Ω x 6Ωin. (24.2 x 16.5cm.);<br />
page 17¬ x 12¡in. (44.7 x 31.5cm.)<br />
£2,500-3,500 $3,600-5,000<br />
€3,200-4,400<br />
PROVENANCE:<br />
Collection of Kumar Sangram Singh<br />
On verso: kalam gumanā kī (style of Gumanā)<br />
For another painting by Gumana, see Rita Pratap,<br />
The Panorama of Jaipur Paintings, 1996, No. 1,<br />
p.191, no.13.<br />
TWO FOLIOS FROM THE WELLINGTON ALBUM<br />
(LOTS 50 & 51)<br />
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NADIR SHAH AFSHAR<br />
LUCKNOW, NORTH <strong>INDIA</strong>, CIRCA 1800<br />
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on<br />
paper, the Persian conqueror of Delhi seats on a<br />
bejewelled throne, his face within a green and gold<br />
halo, two ladies in Persian dress present him with<br />
fruits, a courtier stands behind him, on a terrace<br />
with a marble pavilion and trees in the background,<br />
laid down on gold-speckled pink card with gold<br />
illuminated margins<br />
Painting 10æ x 7Ωin. (27.3 x 19cm.);<br />
page 17º x 12Ωin. (43.7 x 31.7cm.)<br />
£3,000-5,000 $4,300-7,100<br />
€3,800-6,200<br />
PROVENANCE:<br />
Sotheby’s, London, 10 & 11 October 1991, lot 783<br />
Sotheby’s, London, 30 April 1992, lot 292 (part lot)<br />
For two other folios from the Wellington Album,<br />
see S. Markel and T.B. Gude, India’s Fabled City:<br />
The Art of Courtly Lucknow, Los Angeles, 2011,<br />
cat.158-159, p.38 and p.259. Two others were<br />
published in Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch,<br />
Miniature Painting from the Indian and Islamic<br />
World, 2010, cat.22 and 23, pp.38-39. These<br />
pages were from an album acquired in India<br />
between 1796-1805 by Arthur Wellesley, frst<br />
Duke of Wellington (1789-1852). He arrived in<br />
India in 1796, fought against Tipu Sultan in 1799<br />
and the Marathas between 1802-1804. Fourteen<br />
of these pages sold at Sotheby’s, London, 10-11<br />
October 1991.<br />
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A PRINCE EXERCISING WITH A BOW<br />
LUCKNOW, NORTH <strong>INDIA</strong>, CIRCA 1800<br />
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on<br />
paper, the prince and a courtesan sit on a raised<br />
bed standing over a red carpet with gold foliage,<br />
he shoots an arrow at a lion, a female attendant<br />
standing behind them, a canopy raised above<br />
them, a lake in the background, laid down on goldspeckled<br />
pink card with foral illuminated margins<br />
Painting 7√ x 5Ωin. (20 x 14cm.);<br />
page 17º x 12Ωin. (43.6 x 31.8cm.)<br />
£2,000-3,000 $2,900-4,300<br />
€2,500-3,700<br />
PROVENANCE:<br />
Sotheby’s, London, 10 & 11 October 1991, lot 789<br />
Sotheby’s, London 30 April 1992, lot 292 (part lot)<br />
For a short discussion on the Wellington album,<br />
see the preceding lot.<br />
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