$1,845
Miniature Painting Depicting a Hunting Scene, India, 18th/19th century, opaque color and gold on wasli , of a prince and princess on horseback, hunting deer with bows and arrows, wearing jewelry and richly ornamented robes signifying royalty, one of the deer holding a bow in its mouth, one caught in the female rider's bow, and one pierced by an arrow, framed by a red-painted border and a woven silk diamond patterned mat, in an openwork foliate carved wood frame, glazed, sight size including woven mat 8 1/8 x 12 in. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Arthur L. and Genevieve S. Funk.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-05-16