Sumaira Amin (Pakistani, B. 1968) Untitled (Peacock)Sumaira Amin (Pakistani, B. 1968)Untitled (Peacock) signed and dated in Urdu lower leftgouache on wasli, framed30 x 20.5cm (11 13/16 x 8 1/16in).ProvenanceAcquired directly from the artist.Sumaira Amin completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Miniature painting and Sculpture from the National College of Arts in Lahore in 2006, and stayed on and obtained her Diploma in Calligraphy in 2007. A student of Ustad Khurshid Alam Gohar, whose works are also on offer in this auction, she is known for protecting and propagating the traditional methods and approaches to painting. Her works are intricate and she succeeds in marrying the traditional with the contemporary. Her works have been exhibited at the Miniatures Exhibition at the Nehru Centre in the UK in 2017, at the Calligraphy Exhibition in Canada in 2017, at the National Museum of Oriental Art in Italy in 2016, the Miniature Painting show in Turkey in 2014 and the Art Festival in Dubai in 2013.