Zenana scene, India, Mughal school, probably Lucknow, second - Lot 185

Zenana scene, India, Mughal school, probably Lucknow, second half of 18th century Gouache and gold on paper depicting three women on a terrace in a chahar bagh garden. The courtesan in the center, leaning against a cushion, grasps a small cup held out to her by a follower, a bottle in the other hand. On the right, a musician playing the tar. In the background, a wall separates the garden from a tiered pavilion, under a stormy sky. Mounted on an album page with alternating brown and pink borders. Small inscription in black ink on the back. In a wooden frame decorated with katamkari micro-mosaics. Painting size: 23.5 x 14.5 cm; total size: 26.3 x 17.4 cm Some polychromy stains and chips, frame damaged. Provenance : Christie's sale, London, December 18, 1968, lot 128. Private Parisian collection, lots 166 to 193.