Ladies enjoying themselves in the countryside, style of Muhammad Faqirullah Khan, India, Provincial Mughal, Farrukhabad, circa 1770-75

gouache heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an earlier album page decorated with floral motifs and cusped cartouches in polychrome, inscribed in black nasta'liq script in the lower border ''Portrait of Hosn-e Jamal and Pari Khanum'' and 'Portrait of Roshan Bai'', the reverse with a calligraphic panel in nasta'liq script comprising verses from the Divan of Amir Hasan Dehlavi (1253-1327) on a gold sprinkled brown album page

painting: 30 by 20.6cm; leaf: 49 by 33.7cm.

Condition Report:
Edges and corners slightly scuffed, minor tear to centre of upper edge, lower margin with pinhole, upper left and lower right corners with minor paper loss and small tears, light staining to the margins, the painting in overall good condition, with minor scattered spots of discolouration, slight smudging to the faces of two ladies both dressed in yellow, pigment colours are strong, reverse with areas of light staining and some rubbing, the calligraphic panel with a minor tear and some spots of discolouration, remnants of previous mounting along edges, as viewed.