A prince inspecting the wares of a cloth-seller within an arcade facing on to a street Punjab Plains, circa 1840-50
gouache and gold on paper laid down on card, blue border, unframed 235 x 335 mm.
Sold for
£6,875
inc. premium
Footnotes
A similar work was offered in these rooms (Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 5th April 2011, lot 305). See also Sotheby's, Indian, Himalayan, South-East Asian Art and Indian Miniatures, New York, 20th-21st September 1985, lot 371, where reference is made to a series of illustrations of merchants and clients (with two further examples offered at Sotheby's, 28th April 1981, lots 139 and 140).