LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page with plain borders ruled in gold

Size Notes:

painting; leaf: 36.4 x 28.6cm (cut down from a large album leaf originally measuring 45.1 x 30.2cm)

Markings:

inscribed in nasta'liq script on inner border ' Chaitra'

Provenance:

Shuja ud-Duala, Nawab of Oudh (r.1754-75). Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, K.B. (1725-74), Governor of Bengal, as a gift from the Nawab, circa 1765; from the Small Clive Album, previously on long-term loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Christie's, London, 18 December 1968, lot 82. Walter C. Lees, London & Paris (1917-2010). Christie's, London, 16 July 2010, lot 221