JAMMU, PUNJAB HILLS, INDIA, CIRCA 1770

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MIAN DALEL SINGH OF JAMMU (CA.1747-82)
JAMMU, PUNJAB HILLS, INDIA, CIRCA 1770
Brush drawing with opaque pigments on paper, a black takri identificatory inscription above, cropped, laid down on card
6 1⁄8 x 3 ½in. (15.5 x 9cm.)

Provenance

Françoise and Claude Bourelier Collection, Paris, sold Artcurial, Paris, November 4, 2014, no. 235

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Lot Essay

Dalel Singh, the subject of this sensitive portrait, was son of Ranjit Dev (ca.1712-81). Another slightly earlier portrait of Dalel Singh, which shows him alongside his father and brother meeting with Amrit Pal of Basohli, was sold in Christie's New York, 23 March 1999, lot 49.

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