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107<br />
SHUJA’ AL-DAWLA AND HIS SON ASIF<br />
AL-DAWLA <strong>OF</strong> AWADH WATCHING A<br />
DANCER<br />
LUCKNOW, NORTH <strong>INDIA</strong>, CIRCA 1770<br />
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper,<br />
the Nawab of Awadh Shuja’ al-Dawla and his<br />
son seated watching a dancer while musicians<br />
play behind, set on a moonlit night on a wide<br />
terrace, within speckled margins with a wide red<br />
border, identifcation inscriptions on the reverse<br />
in nasta’liq and in an early English hand, mounted,<br />
framed and glazed<br />
Painting 6¡ x 9¿in. (16.4 x 23cm.);<br />
folio 9¿ x 11¬in. (23.2 x 29.4cm.)<br />
£4,000-6,000 $5,700-8,500<br />
€5,000-7,500<br />
108<br />
A RULER ENTERTAINED ON A TERRACE<br />
PROBABLY LUCKNOW, NORTH <strong>INDIA</strong>,<br />
CIRCA 1770<br />
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper,<br />
a regal fgure with a gold turban is seated on a<br />
raised dais facing musicians and a dancer, set on<br />
a terrace overlooking a moonlit lake, numbered 68<br />
in the horizon, cropped with added red margins,<br />
the reverse with an ownership inscription in an<br />
early hand and the outline in red of a preparatory<br />
drawing, mounted, framed and glazed<br />
Painting 10º x 12æin. (25.8 x 32.8cm.)<br />
£4,000-6,000 $5,700-8,500<br />
€5,000-7,500<br />
On the reverse: For Robert Gregory Esq. Act<br />
Antiphon Indian Entertainment of Dancing Girls<br />
70
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