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Indian Hyderabad School Miniature Gouache Painting - Indian Hyderabad School Deccani gouache watercolor on paper miniature painting depicting a seated noble woman smoking a hookah pipe before female attendant, ca. 18th-19th century. The noble woman and attendant with gilt-heightened saris. Sheet; height: 10 in x width: 7 in. Folio; height: 15 in x width: 11 in. Condition: The colors are bold and bright. There are no tears or large losses. There is a vertical and linear crease along the center of the upper half of the work, corresponding to a similar linear area of craquelure. There is a minute area where the paint has flaked along the center of this region. There are additional and light areas of craquelure throughout, noticeable upon close inspection. Minute losses to the paint along the margins. There are lengths of tape along each edge of the verso of the sheet. Light soiling to the verso. The work is taped to an acidic paper folio along the left edge. The work is not framed.