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137 135 A SCENE FROM THE RAMAYANA, PROBABLY BILASPUR, MID-18TH CENTURY gouache with gold on paper, depicting Hanuman captured and brought before Ravana, king of Lanka 21.5 x 32cm (image) Provenance: Private Collection USA, Acquired before 1990 For other paintings from the same series sold in these rooms see 24th May 2017, lot 77; 11 November 2015 lots 196 & 197 and 23 November 2016 lot 159. Others are in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (see Joseph Dye III The Arts of India: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts London 2001 no.121) and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (see M. Biardeau M.-C. Porcher & A. Taha Hussein-Okada: Ramayana illustré par les miniatures indiennes du XVIe au XIXe siècle; Paris 2011 p. 245
137 ‡ THREE QAJAR PAINTINGS, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY gouache on paper, laid on card, the everyday scenes depicting a muslim teacher with three students, a greengrocer with his wife and son, and a metalworker’s workshop, 26 x 20cm and smaller (image) (3) Provenance: Private European Collection £1200-1500
£600-800 136 DURBAR OF THE NAWAB OF OUDH, PROBABLY LUCKNOW, INDIA, 20TH CENTURY gouache on paper, the ruler, possibly Asaf ud-Daula (r.1775-1797), seated on a terrace with his courtiers listening to musicians, framed 28.5 x 42.5cm Provenance: Property of a Deceased Estate, sold by order of the Executors. £300-500
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