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A STUDY OF A MUGHAL COURTLY COUPLE AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Possibly Faizabad or Lucknow, Northern India, 19th century Ink, pencil, and opaque pigments on lined paper, the horizontal-format composition capturing a moment of tenderness between two lovers, the male counterpart offering to his beloved a tray with a minute drinking cup, the female subject holding her lover back, touching him on the shoulder and wrist as an encouraging sign to serve himself first, both characters adorned in pearls and precious stones set in earrings, forehead ornaments, rings, and several strands of necklaces, their fashion following Mughal courtly standards, an undeciphered rubbed black ink Devanagari inscription between the two lovers, the tinted drawing trimmed on both upper corners and laid onto cream paper, 20.3cm x 22.5cm.
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A STUDY OF A MUGHAL COURTLY COUPLE AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Possibly Faizabad or Lucknow, Northern India, 19th century Ink, pencil, and opaque pigments on lined paper, the horizontal-format composition capturing a moment of tenderness between two lovers, the male counterpart offering to his beloved a tray with a minute drinking cup, the female subject holding her lover back, touching him on the shoulder and wrist as an encouraging sign to serve himself first, both characters adorned in pearls and precious stones set in earrings, forehead ornaments, rings, and several strands of necklaces, their fashion following Mughal courtly standards, an undeciphered rubbed black ink Devanagari inscription between the two lovers, the tinted drawing trimmed on both upper corners and laid onto cream paper, 20.3cm x 22.5cm.
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