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A PRINCE SMOKING A HOOKAH ON A TERRACE The soft line of the prince's profile and the three-quarter profile of the
GULER, CIRCA 1780 maiden are characteristic of work attributed to Fattu, who is famed
Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper. for his Bihari Sat Sai series (Francesca Galloway, Pahari Paint-
6 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (17.2 x 9.6 cm) ings From The Eva And Konrad Seitz Collection, 2017 p.20, no.10).
Also compare the rendering of the cushions, hookah, and marble
balustrade in a folio of a 'Princess Listening to Music' in the Victo-
S$6,000 - 8,000 ria & Albert Museum, London (IS.146-1953; possibly misattributed
to c.1810-20). The scene also shares a similar niche frame, subtle
Seated on a white marble terrace, a content prince smiles, seemingly crease in the curtain tie above, and background trees.
enjoying his own company, unmoved by the maiden beckoning his
attention from an upper balcony. The low candles and the sky's soft Provenance:
grey hue evoking dawn suggest he might have spent all night in his Collection of Asbjorn Lunde (1927-2017), New York, by 1988
thoughts.

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