Lot Essay
For another painting attributed to Hasan al-din showing Maharaja Dalip Singh in darbar see S. Stronge, The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, 1999, pl. 19.
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Durbar of Maharaja Dalip Singh
Probably by Hasan-al-din, Sikh School, Lahore circa 1845
gouache heightened with gold on paper, seated on a terrace surrounded by prominent nobles, his dog reclining next to him, low table supporting three blue and white vases filled with pink roses in the foreground, all within a peitra dura architectural setting, flowerhead and green borders, mounted, framed and glazed -- 19 x 25cm.
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Probably by Hasan-al-din, Sikh School, Lahore circa 1845
gouache heightened with gold on paper, seated on a terrace surrounded by prominent nobles, his dog reclining next to him, low table supporting three blue and white vases filled with pink roses in the foreground, all within a peitra dura architectural setting, flowerhead and green borders, mounted, framed and glazed -- 19 x 25cm.
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Literature
Published in W. G. Archer, Paintings of the Sikhs, 1966, pl. 62.
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