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          ILLUSTRATION TO AN AMARUSATAKA SERIES               ILLUSTRATION TO AN AMARUSATAKA SERIES
          MALWA, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1660-70                 MALWA, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1660-70
          Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper, numbered ‘25’ on reverse  Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper, numbered ‘22’ on reverse
          Painting 5Ω x 5º in. (14 x 13.3 cm.); folio 8¬ x 5√ in. (22 x 14.9 cm.)  Painting 5º x 6√ in. (13.3 x 17.4 cm.); folio 5.6/8 x 8¬ in. (14.6 x 21.8 cm.)
          $8,000-12,000                                       $2,000-3,000
          PROVENANCE                                          PROVENANCE
          Dr Claus Virch, sold Sotheby’s New York, 17 March 2015, lot 1123.  Peter Beinstock Collection, New York.
                                                              Sotheby’s New York, 2 September 1997, lot 402.

                                                              This painting depicts the hero in his lady’s bedchamber. She is feigning being
                                                              asleep while eagerly awaiting his approach.


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