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Princess entertained on a terrace
Late Mughal, late 18th century
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; beneath threatening black clouds the princess leans against
a bolster being offered refreshments, wine in the company of two other maidens, musicians
perform and other attendants frame the terrace.
Image: 10 x 6 1/2 in. (25.4 x 16.5 cm); Folio: 16 1/8 x 11 5/8 in. (41 x 29.7 cm)
$10,000 - 15,000
The scene captures the idealized celebration pending arrival of the rains. The receding landscape
reveals bare, dry low hills that are set in stark contrast to the swollen black clouds.
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