RANBIR SINGH WITH COMPANION

SIKH, CIRCA 1860

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RANBIR SINGH WITH COMPANION
SIKH, CIRCA 1860
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, two richly dressed Sikhs wearing elaborate robes and turbans kneel in an architectural setting, one resting upon a leopard-print baluster cushion and upon a similarly decorated rug, each holding small flowers in their hands, small areas of flaking of paint, mounted
7½ x 6¼in. (18.9 x 16cm.)

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Lot Essay

The figure seated on the right is probably Ranbir Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir (r. 1857- 1885). For a further comparable illustration of Ranbir Singh see Susan Stronge (ed.), The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, London, 1999, pl. 18, pp. 24-25.

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