LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pen and ink, watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour, on watermarked paper

Measurements:

17.99 in. (45.70 cm.) (height) by 27.05 in. (68.70 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

inscribed at lower left In the Collection of Lady Impey at Calcutta/Painted by [in Persian in nasta'liq script, Bhawani Das] Native of Patna, numbered 163 at upper right

Provenance:

Private collection; Christie's, West-East: the Niall Hobhouse Collection, 22nd May 2008, lot 7; Collection of Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008); Mary Reade, Lady Impey (1749-1818)