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AN EROTIC PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL COURTIER IN A LAVISH INTERIOR AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Late Delhi School, Mughal revival style, Northern India, 20th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on wove paper, the horizontal portrait depicting a naked Mughal courtier reclined on a large bolster, covered only by a diaphanous shawl running across her tummy, in front of her encrusted courtly vessels including a pandan and a chalice suggesting a state of intoxication and merriment, the erotic portrait set in a lavish courtly interior next to a large window and balcony overlooking a lush garden, the style reminiscent of 19th-century Delhi School portraits, fitted in a red presentation box with folded standing leg at the back, the portrait 15cm x 19.5cm, 21cm x 26.5cm including the box.
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AN EROTIC PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL COURTIER IN A LAVISH INTERIOR AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Late Delhi School, Mughal revival style, Northern India, 20th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on wove paper, the horizontal portrait depicting a naked Mughal courtier reclined on a large bolster, covered only by a diaphanous shawl running across her tummy, in front of her encrusted courtly vessels including a pandan and a chalice suggesting a state of intoxication and merriment, the erotic portrait set in a lavish courtly interior next to a large window and balcony overlooking a lush garden, the style reminiscent of 19th-century Delhi School portraits, fitted in a red presentation box with folded standing leg at the back, the portrait 15cm x 19.5cm, 21cm x 26.5cm including the box.
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