TWO REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS OF INDIAN MAHARAJAS China made for the Indian export market, 19th century Opaque pigments, polychrome enamels, white wash, and gold on glass, each vertical-format composition depicting a member of the Indian ruling elite, comprising an interior portrait with a Maharaja seated on an elaborate golden masnad floor spread with red vegetal design, resting against a large bolster, wearing a bright red and gold striped turban, a white muslin shirt, and red baggy pantaloons, holding a rose blossom in his hand in a fashion typical of Mughal emperors' portraits, set against a light blue background, framed, 56cm x 42cm; and an equestrian portrait of an Indian ruler on a dappled steed, clad in a Central Asian, almost Mongolian attire, with a rounded helmet with a black heron feather, and almond-shaped dastana armguards, underneath the ruler a red cartouche inscribed in pseudo-Devanagari script possibly reading 'Shashah', set against a natural hilly background, the back of the frame with a handwritten sticky note stating 'King of Iran Name Rustam 150 years old', framed, 58cm x 42.5cm.