A GATHERING IN THE ZENANA(RECTO) / A MERCHANT WITH A CAMEL (VERSO) PROPERTY FROM THE SAM KENRICK (1953 - 2016) COLLECTION OF INDIAN PAINTINGS Mughal school, Northern India or Deccan, Central India, 18th century Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the vertical composition portraying an intimate moment of gathering of the ladies of the court, fully bejewelled and wearing diaphanous vests and floral-embroidered pantaloons, sitting on a typical Mughal summer carpet on a spacious outdoor terrace, accompanied by a lady musician playing the sitar and an attendant serving drinks, the composition framed by a gold-painted cobalt blue border with interlocking vegetal tendrils, the outer border cream-coloured and painted in gold with Mughal-inspired floral designs, possibly a later addition, 38.5cm x 26cm the folio; the verso with a vertical composition depicting a well-dressed merchant holding the rein of a two-humps Bactrian camel, the tongue sticking out to visually represent its thirst, within a cobalt blue border with gold-painted vegetal scrollwork, the outer frame cream-coloured and gold-sprinkled, 38.5cm x 26cm, both mounted, framed and glazed, 52cmx 38.5cm including the frame. Provenance: Brightwells Auction, 22 - 23 March 2017, lot 854.