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KANGRA, CIRCA 1780
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RAJA RANJIT SEN OF SUKET AND HIS BROTHER
Kangra, circa 1780
Gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper, Raja Ranjit of Suket seated facing his brother Kishan Singh, black nasta'liq identificary inscriptions above, arched surround, pink leaf with red rules, red takri inscription on reverse, upper margin re-joined, edges backed, mounted
Folio 8¾ x 6½in. (22.4 x 16.5cm.); miniature 8 x 6in. (20.3 x 15.2cm.)
Kangra, circa 1780
Gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper, Raja Ranjit of Suket seated facing his brother Kishan Singh, black nasta'liq identificary inscriptions above, arched surround, pink leaf with red rules, red takri inscription on reverse, upper margin re-joined, edges backed, mounted
Folio 8¾ x 6½in. (22.4 x 16.5cm.); miniature 8 x 6in. (20.3 x 15.2cm.)
Provenance
Formerly in the ancestral collection of Raja Dhrub Dev Chand of Lambagraon
C. L. Bharany, December 1973
C. L. Bharany, December 1973
Literature
W.G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, Kangra no. 8(xv), p. 197
B.N. Goswamy, Nainsukh of Guler, Zurich 1997, fig.86, p.273.
B.N. Goswamy, Nainsukh of Guler, Zurich 1997, fig.86, p.273.
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