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PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT EAST COAST COLLECTION
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A PRINCE ON HORSEBACK PAUSING AT A WELL
NORTHEAST INDIA, WEST BENGAL, MURSHIDABAD, CIRCA 1840
Image 9¡ x 6æ in. (23.8 x 17.2 cm.)
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
Collection of Ralph and Irene Beacon, before 1987.
Sotheby's New York, 25 March 1987, lot 29.

印度東北部 西孟加拉邦 穆爾斯希達巴德 1840年前後
王子騎馬圖
來源:
Ralph暨Irene Beacon伉儷珍藏，1987年前。
倫敦蘇富比，1987年3月25日，拍品29。

This charming painting stems from the Murshidabad school of painting, which
flourished in the far-flung Mughal province in the eighteenth-century, as the
imperial ateliers saw a decline in patronage. The present work depicts a group
of eager maidens serving water to a young equestrian nobleman. The bright
hues lend an eye-popping palette, while the women’s water pots, along with
the prince’s personal ornaments, are all heightened with gold. The artist uses
gentle shading, delineating the soft curves of the figures and the meandering
tree, which ties together a simple and pleasing composition.