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Lot 201

Three studies of male figures, probably courtiers
Kotah, circa 1830-40

26 October 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Three studies of male figures, probably courtiers
Kotah, circa 1830-40

pen, ink and watercolour on paper, identifying inscriptions in nagari script
98 x 86 mm.

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Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Linda York Leach (1942-2006).
Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 24th April 2012, lot 252.
Private UK collection.

For similar studies, see:
P. Pal and C. Glynn, The Sensuous Line: Indian Drawings from the Paul F. Walter Collection, Los Angeles 1976, no. 34; H. Hodgkin & T. McInerney, Indian Drawing, London 1983, no. 6; S. C. Welch, Gods, Thrones and Tigers: The Art of Kotah, New York 1997, figs. 13 & 14; D. Mason, B. N. Goswamy, T. McInerney, J. Seyller and E. Smart, Intimate Worlds: Indian Paintings from the Alvin O. Bellak Collection, Philadelphia 2001, no. 74.

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