Bidspirit auction | ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI, SEATED SCHOLAR

ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI, SEATED SCHOLAR AND ATTENDANT, WATERCOLOR AND GOUACHE ON PAPER. - A watercolor and gouache on paper depicting a classical Indo-Persian scene. The composition features two figures: a seated male scholar and a standing female attendant. The scholar is dressed in a dark blue outer robe over a yellow tunic, seated cross-legged on a patterned rug beside a low wooden table. Upon the table rest two bound books and a small vessel. The female figure, standing to the right, wears a purple bodice and a light blue pleated skirt with a yellow border; she supports a tall-necked metal ewer (surahi) on her shoulder. The scene is set against a backdrop of a simplified architectural arch and slender, stylized cypress and flowering trees, executed in the revivalist style of the Lahore School. Approximately 48.5 x 31.5cm