Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd, 'Indian Painting 1590–1870' at Asia Week New York 2015
Portrait of the Emperor Farukhsiyyar. By Bavanidas. Mughal, circa 1715. Opaque pigments and gold, laid down in an album page with stylised floral motifs on a gold ground. 7 5/8 by 4 ¾ inches (19.5 by 12 cm); 17 ¾ by 12 ¾ inches folio (45 by 32.5 cm). Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd at Asia Week New York 2015.
Portrait of Maharaja Raghubir Singh (r.1864-87) in procession. Punjab, dated 1864. Opaque pigments with gold on paper, two cartouches of inscription in Gurmukhi and Persian, including the date, interrupting the borders above and below. 35.4 by 32.4 cm, 13 7/8 by 12 ¾ inches painting; 48 by 45.5 cm, 18 7/8 by 17 7/8 inches folio. Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd at Asia Week New York 2015.
An ascetic in a landscape. South Rajasthan, 1720-30. Opaque pigments and gold on paper, inscribed on broad red border in nagari: Gorakhnath ki sabi (‘portrait of Gorakhnath’). Painting: 9 2/5 by 5 inches (23.9 by 12.5 cm); Folio: 12 by 7 ½ inches (30.4 by 19.2 cm). Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd at Asia Week New York 2015.
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