Large portrait of a Maratha Maharaja, central India, late 19th centuryGouache on paper depicting the Maharaja in bust form, wearing a red headdress with curved edges, adorned with an imposing necklace with seven rows of pearls and bearing the Vishnuite mark between the two eyes. 52 x 42 cmAccidents . Provenance: François de Ricqlès, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 15 April 1997, lot 447 (falsely identified as the Maharaja of Indore Yeshwant Rao Holkar (1908-61)) . A large bust portrait of a Maratha maharaja, Central India, late 19th centuryProvenance : Marie-Christine David Collection .