Seven modern paintings in Mughal style, depicting Akbar II in durbar, hunting scenes, and aristo...

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Seven modern paintings in Mughal style, depicting Akbar II in durbar, hunting scenes, and aristocratic pursuits on palace terraces India, 20th Century gouache and gold on Persian and Arabic manuscript leaves of the 18th-19th Century, framed and glazed, in two solander boxes, one embossed In Memoriam Herbert Cresnik frames 32 x 24 cm.(7) Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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Attributed to Oscar de Liphart (fl. 1870s) View of the Taj Mahal from the garden side, circa 1871

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Krishna defeating the crane demon North India, perhaps Patna, 19th Century

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A fakir fainting at the encampment of a prince, probably a scene from a romance Pahari, probably...

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A Jagannath trio in a temple shrine flanked by two devotees with fly whisks Probably Oudh, early...: A Jagannath trio in a temple shrine flanked by two devotees with fly whisks Probably Oudh, early 19th Century watercolour on watermarked paper, ruled margins 273 x 220 mm. For further information on

A Jagannath trio in a temple shrine flanked by two devotees with fly whisks Probably Oudh, early...

Three paintings depicting a hookah-bearer, a carpenter, and a maker of metalware Lucknow, circa ...: Three paintings depicting a hookah-bearer, a carpenter, and a maker of metalware Lucknow, circa 1820-30 watercolour on paper, framed together each 155 x 105 mm.; frame 25 x 44 cm. For further

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Three studies of butterflies and insects British School in India, perhaps Bombay, circa 1850-60

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Two devotees of the smallpox goddess, Mariamman, performing a ritual South India, Tanjore, circa...

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A female dancer with two musicians South India, Tanjore, circa 1810-20

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