Three Miniature Paintings

Description:

Three Miniature Paintings, India, one depicting a couple with an older man sitting with a book in his left hand and a wine cup in his right, the painting roughly cut and pasted in a sheer paper mat decorated with gilt borders and details, inscribed on the reverse; one depicting a hunting scene with hunters on horseback chasing various animals scattering in a field; and one depicting three figures preparing to offer food to a godly figure above, with two text blocks dividing the two paintings, enclosed in a gilt border, all gouache on paper, framed and glazed, to 12 x 7 in.
Estimate $800-1,000

first painting separately drawn and pasted in a painted matte pasted on cardboard, toning, stain, tape residues, and taping verso; second with water damage to upper left corner, a tear only visible on reverse; and third not examined out of frame, visible signs of water damage and mold in progress, smudges on colors, toning to paper.


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