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A prince and a courtesan in an erotic embrace in the grounds of a pavilion Pahari, Punjab Hills, circa 1830-50 image 1
A prince and a courtesan in an erotic embrace in the grounds of a pavilion Pahari, Punjab Hills, circa 1830-50 image 2
Lot 186

A prince and a courtesan in an erotic embrace in the grounds of a pavilion
Pahari, Punjab Hills, circa 1830-50

12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A prince and a courtesan in an erotic embrace in the grounds of a pavilion
Pahari, Punjab Hills, circa 1830-50

gouache and gold on paper, dark blue border
215 x 149 mm.

Footnotes

For related erotic paintings, of the relatively late Pahari period under Sikh auspices, see Bonhams New York, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art, 19th March 2012, lots 1196 and 1197, where further comparisons are made to works offered at Sotheby's New York, The Carter Burden Collection of Indian Paintings, 27th March 1991, lots 110 and 113-114.

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