Wednesday 14 June 2023
An illustrated folio, possibly from the Kathakalpataru, Marwar, Rajasthan, first half 17th...
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An illustrated folio, possibly from the Kathakalpataru, Marwar, Rajasthan, first half 17th century, opaque pigments and ink on paper, depicting a palace scene, to right a marble pavilion with seater ruler and female attendant to upper room and to lower two female attendants with a lady conversing, and animal groomsman below attending to a rampaging elephant with three horses behind, to left a temple and male courtiers seated and standing within buildings, with 6ll. of black and red text above and to reverse 25ll. of similar, text translation in English on back of mount, 25.4 x 18cm.
Provenance: Private collection Germany acquired in India in the late 1960s
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