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49 A PRINCELY COUPLE ON A TERRACE BY GUMANA, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the couple in a amorous embrace seats on a large padded chair, he wears an elaborate hat after European fashion, both under an awning, surrounded with female attendants, a lake appearing behind the balustrade, a cloudy sunset sky at top, laid down on gold-speckled pink border with blue and cream margins, the reverse with devanagari inscription Painting 9Ω x 6Ωin. (24.2 x 16.5cm.); page 17¬ x 12¡in. (44.7 x 31.5cm.) £2,500-3,500 $3,600-5,000 €3,200-4,400 PROVENANCE: Collection of Kumar Sangram Singh On verso: kalam gumanā kī (style of Gumanā) For another painting by Gumana, see Rita Pratap, The Panorama of Jaipur Paintings, 1996, No. 1, p.191, no.13. TWO FOLIOS FROM THE WELLINGTON ALBUM (LOTS 50 & 51) 50 NADIR SHAH AFSHAR LUCKNOW, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the Persian conqueror of Delhi seats on a bejewelled throne, his face within a green and gold halo, two ladies in Persian dress present him with fruits, a courtier stands behind him, on a terrace with a marble pavilion and trees in the background, laid down on gold-speckled pink card with gold illuminated margins Painting 10æ x 7Ωin. (27.3 x 19cm.); page 17º x 12Ωin. (43.7 x 31.7cm.) £3,000-5,000 $4,300-7,100 €3,800-6,200 PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s, London, 10 & 11 October 1991, lot 783 Sotheby’s, London, 30 April 1992, lot 292 (part lot) For two other folios from the Wellington Album, see S. Markel and T.B. Gude, India’s Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow, Los Angeles, 2011, cat.158-159, p.38 and p.259. Two others were published in Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, Miniature Painting from the Indian and Islamic World, 2010, cat.22 and 23, pp.38-39. These pages were from an album acquired in India between 1796-1805 by Arthur Wellesley, frst Duke of Wellington (1789-1852). He arrived in India in 1796, fought against Tipu Sultan in 1799 and the Marathas between 1802-1804. Fourteen of these pages sold at Sotheby’s, London, 10-11 October 1991. 51 A PRINCE EXERCISING WITH A BOW LUCKNOW, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the prince and a courtesan sit on a raised bed standing over a red carpet with gold foliage, he shoots an arrow at a lion, a female attendant standing behind them, a canopy raised above them, a lake in the background, laid down on goldspeckled pink card with foral illuminated margins Painting 7√ x 5Ωin. (20 x 14cm.); page 17º x 12Ωin. (43.6 x 31.8cm.) £2,000-3,000 $2,900-4,300 €2,500-3,700 PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s, London, 10 & 11 October 1991, lot 789 Sotheby’s, London 30 April 1992, lot 292 (part lot) For a short discussion on the Wellington album, see the preceding lot. 32
52 MAHARANA SANGRAM SINGH IN A LAKE PAVILION UDAIPUR, MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1750 Opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, Maharana Sangram Singh seated within a lake pavilion, smoking a huqqa, surrounded by ladies swimming, a group of women dancing and playing music in the foreground, the reverse with fve lines of black devanagari script and English inscription in pencil Painting 11 ¡ x 13 ¡in. (31.5 x 33.8cm.) £2,000-3,000 $2,900-4,300 €2,500-3,700 PROVENANCE: Acquired before 1991. LITERATURE: Joachim Bautze, Die Welt der hofschen Malerei (pp.123-180), in Gerd Kreisel (ed.), Rajasthan: Land des Konige, Stuttgart, 1995, p. 157, no. 139 33
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MAHARANA SANGRAM SINGH IN A LAKE PAVILION<br />
UDAIPUR, MEWAR, NORTH <strong>INDIA</strong>, CIRCA 1750<br />
Opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, Maharana Sangram Singh seated within a<br />
lake pavilion, smoking a huqqa, surrounded by ladies swimming, a group of women dancing and playing<br />
music in the foreground, the reverse with fve lines of black devanagari script and English inscription in<br />
pencil<br />
Painting 11 ¡ x 13 ¡in. (31.5 x 33.8cm.)<br />
£2,000-3,000 $2,900-4,300<br />
€2,500-3,700<br />
PROVENANCE:<br />
Acquired before 1991.<br />
LITERATURE:<br />
Joachim Bautze, Die Welt der hofschen Malerei (pp.123-180), in Gerd Kreisel (ed.), Rajasthan: Land des<br />
Konige, Stuttgart, 1995, p. 157, no. 139<br />
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