The serenade

India, Rajasthan, 19th century

Gouache on paper. Label on reverse inscribed "Mughal Painting Malwa School, early 18th century. Baj-Bahadur the sultan of Mandu asking Rani Pupmati to come down and run with him on the horse-back"

Size : 27 x 15,5 cm

Provenance: Mr. X, Consul General of France in Calcutta from 1960 to 1964. Acquired at that time from an antique dealer in Calcutta.

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