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INDIAN MUGHAL STYLE ROYAL PROCESSION MINIATURE

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

NORTH INDIAN (EARLY 20TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1910�1930S) "ROYAL PROCESSION" (SAWARI) WITH ELEPHANT HOWDAH, HORSEMEN, AND COURTIERSOPAQUE GOUACHE, WATERCOLOUR, AND GOLD ILLUMINATION EXECUTED OVER A PRINTED LITHOGRAPHIC URDU MANUSCRIPT LEAF FEATURING INTEGRAL LITHOGRAPHED LATERAL CARTOUCHES IN NASTALIQ POETIC TEXT; BEARING PRINTED PAGE NUMBER "262" (???) TO LEFT MARGIN DEPICTING A ROYAL DIGNITARY WITHIN AN ELABORATE DOMED…

MACLEAN & ASSOCIATES INC
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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NORTH INDIAN (EARLY 20TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1910�1930S)
"ROYAL PROCESSION" (SAWARI) WITH ELEPHANT HOWDAH, HORSEMEN, AND COURTIERSOPAQUE GOUACHE, WATERCOLOUR, AND GOLD ILLUMINATION EXECUTED OVER A PRINTED LITHOGRAPHIC URDU MANUSCRIPT LEAF
FEATURING INTEGRAL LITHOGRAPHED LATERAL CARTOUCHES IN NASTALIQ POETIC TEXT; BEARING PRINTED PAGE NUMBER "262" (???) TO LEFT MARGIN
DEPICTING A ROYAL DIGNITARY WITHIN AN ELABORATE DOMED HOWDAH FLANKED BY CHHATRI STANDARDS, CAMEL / CAVALRY ESCORT, AND COURT ATTENDANTS
4.75 X 8 IN AT SIGHT
6 X 9.5 IN SHEET
7 X 11 IN MATTED
UNFRAMED
CONDITION: EXECUTED ON MACHINE-MADE LITHOGRAPHED PAPER SHOWING AGE TONING, SOFT HANDLING CREASES, AND FIBROUS EDGE WEAR. SMALL DIAGONAL CORNER LOSS AND REPAIRED TEAR TO THE LOWER RIGHT MARGIN EDGE, MINOR MOUNTING RESIDUE AT TOP RIGHT MARGIN. THE PAINTED GOUACHE COMPOSITION AND METALLIC GOLD DETAILING REMAIN CRISP, BRIGHT, AND WELL-PRESERVED WITHOUT PIGMENT FLAKING.