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AN EQUESTRIAN PRINCESS TURNS TO HER HANDMAIDEN
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- AN EQUESTRIAN PRINCESS TURNS TO HER HANDMAIDEN
- Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
- image: 9 1/4 by 5 3/4 in. (23.5 by 14.6 cm)
- folio: 13 by 9 3/8 in. (33 by 23.8 cm) unframed
Literature
Alice Heeramaneck, Masterpieces of Indian Painting, Verona, 1984 pl. 51, p. 61.
Condition
Good and stable overall condition. Loss to lower left and upper left corners of folio border. There is an inscription in devanagari on the upper margin of orange folio border, not seen in catalog illustration. Very slight rubbing to pigments throughout due to handling and age. This lot is exhibited in a temporary frame.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Within the white-walled confines of the zenana, a princess rides a stately horse, caparisoned with streamers and gold fittings, accompanied by a retinue of maidens who playfully enact a royal procession. She turns in her saddle to receive another small cup of intoxicating liquor from her smiling confidante. Another maiden walks behind gamely holding up a large peacock-form royal sun-shade standard. Plantain fronds bursting over the confining whitewashed wall. A lotus-filled pond below.
See also a very similar subject, in reverse, which includes ❀a small saluki hound, in the collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University (accession no. 1973.148).
For other versions of the same subject refer to S.C Welch and M. C. Beach, Gods Thrones and Peacocks, Asia Society, New York, 1965, cat. 66; T. McInerney, Indian Paintings from the Polsky Collections, Princeton, 1982 no. 16; and Andrew Topsfield (ed.), In the Realm of Gods and Kings, London, 2004, no. 152, pp. 344-345.