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Two portraits, Mughal India, 18th century Gouaches and gold on paper respectively depict a full-length woman facing right, wearing a transparent muslin skirt over yellow pants, her head covered with an orange headdress, and holding a mirror and a surahi water vase. Opposite her, mounted in the same katamkari-decorated wooden frame, is a full-length man facing left, wearing a white jama with a floral and gold-threaded sash and a turban with egret. He wears an imposing rondache on his left flank and holds a cane in his right hand. Both portraits were later mounted on album pages with colored borders and salmon margins. Dimensions: portrait of a woman: 12 x 6.1 cm; portrait of a man: 15.1 x 7 cm; page: 26.4 x 17.4 cm; max. frame: 39.5 x 49.4 cm. 39.5 x 49.4 cm As is, with significant polychrome bleeding and a few repaints on the woman, tears and accidents on the man. Two Mughal Portraits, India, 18th century

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Two portraits, Mughal India, 18th century Gouaches and gold on paper respectively depict a full-length woman facing right, wearing a transparent muslin skirt over yellow pants, her head covered with an orange headdress, and holding a mirror and a surahi water vase. Opposite her, mounted in the same katamkari-decorated wooden frame, is a full-length man facing left, wearing a white jama with a floral and gold-threaded sash and a turban with egret. He wears an imposing rondache on his left flank and holds a cane in his right hand. Both portraits were later mounted on album pages with colored borders and salmon margins. Dimensions: portrait of a woman: 12 x 6.1 cm; portrait of a man: 15.1 x 7 cm; page: 26.4 x 17.4 cm; max. frame: 39.5 x 49.4 cm. 39.5 x 49.4 cm As is, with significant polychrome bleeding and a few repaints on the woman, tears and accidents on the man. Two Mughal Portraits, India, 18th century

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