Lot Essay
A woodblock dating from circa 1870 depicting the same scene is published in W.G.Archer, Paintings of the Sikhs, London 1966, pl 141.
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DURBAR OF MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH, LAHORE OR AMRITSAR, CIRCA 1860
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, the elderly ruler seated before a large crowd of courtiers, mounted, framed and glazed- 5 3/8 x 7½in. (13.5 x 19cm.)
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, the elderly ruler seated before a large crowd of courtiers, mounted, framed and glazed- 5 3/8 x 7½in. (13.5 x 19cm.)
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