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INDE DU NORD, SECONDE MOITIÉ DU XVIIIE SIÈCLE
NORTH INDIA, SECOND HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY MEDALLION PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN SMOKING HUQQA, PROBABLY DELHI, Gouache and gold on paper, depicting a young woman leaning on red cushions, smoking the huqqa. Medallion portrait of a young woman smoking the huqqa, probably Delhi, North India, second half of the 18th century Size: H 20 x L 13 cm (sheet) ; H 11,8 x L 9,2 cm (portrait) - H 7 7/8 x W 5 1/8 in. (sheet) ; H 4 5/8 x W 3 5/8 in (portrait) PROVENANCE : Jean Pozzi Collection (1884-1967) The counterpart to this painting, also depicting a young woman smoking the huqqa, was published by Blochet, Collection Jean Pozzi, Miniatures persanes et indo-persanes, 1930, n°69, pl. 19a. EXPERT : Cabinet Pingannaud David
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INDE DU NORD, SECONDE MOITIÉ DU XVIIIE SIÈCLE
