 Lorikeet in Indian Cherry TreeBy Zain Al-Din and Painted for Lady Impey
Calcutta, Dated 1777
48.2 by 63 cm., 19 by 24 7/8 in.
Provenance
Sir Elijah (1732-1809) and Lady Impey (1749-1818), Calcutta and London
Lady Impey, sale at Phillips, London, 21 May 1810
Colnaghi, London, 1980s
Private collection, London, 1980s-2013
Now in an American private collection |  Angels descend from the heavensAn illustration to the Gulshan-I ‘Ishq, a romance written in Deccani Urdu by Nusrati, court poet to Sultan ‘Ali Adil Shah II of Bijapur (r. 1656-72 A.D.)
Deccan, India, circa 1700
Opaque watercolour on paper heightened with gold and silver
22.3 by 14.4 cm.; 8 ¾ by 5 5/8 in.
Provenance
Christie's, Important Islamic and Indian Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 11 October 1979, lot 187
Lloyd Collection, London, 1979-2011
Sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |  Woman Playing a Tambur while SingingBijapur, 1620-30
11.7 by 7.9 cm., 4.6 by 3.1 in.
Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 12 December 1966, lot 75
Maggs Bros., London, 1966
Private collection, England, 1966-2017
Now in a New York private collection |
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 Mohan LalCommissioned by William and James Baillie Fraser
Delhi or Haryana, circa 1816
29.2 by 20 cm., 11 1/2 by 7 7/8 in.
Provenance
William Fraser (1784-1835) and James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856)
By descent to Malcolm Fraser, Reelig, Inverness-shire, sold Sotheby’s, New York, 9 December 1980, lot 145
Toby Falk (1942-97), Surrey, 1992
Private collection, England, 1992-2016
Now in a New York private collection |  Two drummersKangra, circa 1790
Folio 24.2 by 16.5 cm., 9 1/2 by 6 1/2 in.
Painting: 20.5 by 14 cm., 8 by 5 1/2 in.
Provenance
Collection of Francoise and Claude Bourelier, Paris, 1970s/80s-2014
Now in a New York private collection |  King David playing the HarpFolio from the “Late” Shah Jahan album
Miniature by Manohar
Mughal India, circa 1615
Opaque watercolour with gold on paper
Height: 21.1cm, 8 1/4in
Width: 13.4cm, 10 1/2in
Provenance
The British Rail Pension Fund, 1984-96
Dr. W.K. Ehrenfeld (1934-2005), San Francisco
Sold to the David Collection, Copenhagen |
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 Krishna and Radha in a PavilionLeaf from a Sundar Sringara series
Attributed to Nikka, son of Nainsukh
Chamba, circa 1780-85
Opaque watercolour on paper with gold
Miniature: 14.6 by 23.7 cm., 5 ¾ by 9 3/8 in.
Folio: 19.4 by 28.4 cm., 7 5/8 by 11 1/8 in.
Provenance
Collection of Mandi royal family
Sotheby’s, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, New York, 1st April 2005, lot 113
Private collection, England, 2005-2012
Sold to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |  Tortoise Avatar of Vishnucirca 1690
Opaque pigments and gold on paper
25.8 by 20.2 cm., 10 1/8 by 8 in. painting
Inscriptions
Inscribed on reverse in nagari with a dated inspection note:
am. 2 sam. 1751 kati
‘number 2 [avatar] samvat 1751 (1694 A.D.) [month] Karrtika’
and with the partially erased stamp of the private collection of the Maharaja of Bikaner
Provenance
Collection of the Maharajas of Bikaner
Natesan Gallery, London, 1996
Heil Collection, Berlin, 1996-2016
Acquired by the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco |  Bhils Hunting By Nightcirca 1760
Opaque pigments with gold on paper, within blue and buff outer borders
10 1/8 by 6 5/8 in., 25.7 by 16.8 cm. painting
Provenance
Edwin Binney, III (1925-86), acquired before 1973
Collection of the painter Paul Wonner (1920-2008), California, 1975-85
Private collection, Los Angeles, 1985-2015
Sold to The Princeton University Art Museum, USA |
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