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A PREPARATORY STUDY OF A MUGHAL FEMALE COURTIER AND HER ATTENDANTS AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Possibly Lucknow or Delhi, Northern India, 19th century Ink and pencil on thin tissue paper, the large vertical-format composition depicting a semi-naked female courtier seated on a low bed, joined by two attendants, the one at the back massaging her head and combing her hair with a small comb, the latter at the front offering a tray with a drinking cup to the lady, wearing an unusual domed hat with upward-raised, scalloped brim, the style of this headdress often associated with Western fashion canons and travellers, both attendants clad in long Northern Indian lehenga dresses and heavily adorned, traces of a palatial setting on the upper right corner, elephants and further architecture in the background on the upper left corner, the preparatory drawing laid on a thin frame of wove cream paper, 38.2cm x 27cm.
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A PREPARATORY STUDY OF A MUGHAL FEMALE COURTIER AND HER ATTENDANTS AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Possibly Lucknow or Delhi, Northern India, 19th century Ink and pencil on thin tissue paper, the large vertical-format composition depicting a semi-naked female courtier seated on a low bed, joined by two attendants, the one at the back massaging her head and combing her hair with a small comb, the latter at the front offering a tray with a drinking cup to the lady, wearing an unusual domed hat with upward-raised, scalloped brim, the style of this headdress often associated with Western fashion canons and travellers, both attendants clad in long Northern Indian lehenga dresses and heavily adorned, traces of a palatial setting on the upper right corner, elephants and further architecture in the background on the upper left corner, the preparatory drawing laid on a thin frame of wove cream paper, 38.2cm x 27cm.
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