Lot Essay
Archer's notes attribute the first painting in this lot to Hazuri, or possibly his son Lakshman Das Raina of Samloti.
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KANGRA, CIRCA 1900
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GADDI FAMILY MIGRATING AND ANOTHER
Kangra, circa 1900
Gouache heightened with silver on paper, a Gaddi accompanied by three women and a child, a sheep dog and a herd of goats, walking in a mountainous landscape, black floral margin, pink leaf with red drops
MONTH OF MAGHA Suket, circa 1840-50
Illustration to a Baramasa set Gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper, Krishna with Radha on a terrace, landscape behind, ovalformat, white floral spandrels black margins with gold floral design, damages, mounted
Folio 10 x 12½in. (26 x 31cm.); miniature 7 5/8 x 9 7/8in. (19.3 x 25cm.)
folio 9 x 6 1/3in. (25 x 16cm.)
Kangra, circa 1900
Gouache heightened with silver on paper, a Gaddi accompanied by three women and a child, a sheep dog and a herd of goats, walking in a mountainous landscape, black floral margin, pink leaf with red drops
MONTH OF MAGHA Suket, circa 1840-50
Illustration to a Baramasa set Gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper, Krishna with Radha on a terrace, landscape behind, ovalformat, white floral spandrels black margins with gold floral design, damages, mounted
Folio 10 x 12½in. (26 x 31cm.); miniature 7 5/8 x 9 7/8in. (19.3 x 25cm.)
folio 9 x 6 1/3in. (25 x 16cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, 20 April, 1970, lot 196 (first) and F. H. North, October 1962 (second)
Literature
W.G. Archer: Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, Kangra no. 76, p. 234; idem, Suket no. 4, p. 334
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