TWO REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS OF INDIAN MAHARAJAS... Lot 166

TWO REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS OF INDIAN MAHARAJAS China made for the Indian export market, 19th century Opaque pigments, polychrome enamels, white wash, and gold on glass, each vertical-format composition depicting a member of the Indian ruling elite, comprising an interior portrait with a Maharaja seated on an elaborate golden masnad floor spread with red vegetal design, resting against a large bolster, wearing a bright red and gold striped turban, a white muslin shirt, and red baggy pantaloons, holding a rose blossom in his hand in a fashion typical of Mughal emperors' portraits, set against a light blue background, framed, 56cm x 42cm; and an equestrian portrait of an Indian ruler on a dappled steed, clad in a Central Asian, almost Mongolian attire, with a rounded helmet with a black heron feather, and almond-shaped dastana armguards, underneath the ruler a red cartouche inscribed in pseudo-Devanagari script possibly reading 'Shashah', set against a natural hilly background, the back of the frame with a handwritten sticky note stating 'King of Iran Name Rustam 150 years old', framed, 58cm x 42.5cm.