To be Sold without Reserve A Raja and his consort,...

To be Sold without Reserve

A Raja and his consort, in the style of Bagta, Devarh, North India, circa 1760, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the couple both point to the sky as if observing something overhead, he is delicately painted with a white halo fringed with gold, echoed by his white robes, turban and gold trimmed sash, she wears similar pearl jewellery but her skirt would have been silver, now tarnished and lacking, within added red border, 17.5 x 12cm.