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Feast scene
from an unidentified manuscript, 14 men sit on the ground eating with three attendants, pale green ground, (very light flaking and spotting, possible retouching), Mandi or Bilaspur, circa 1670 - 7½ x 11¾in. (19 x 30cm.)
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Lot Essay

Several paintings from this manudscript are known, many of which have a stamp from Mandi on the reverse, however the manscript has not been identified.
Archer, W.G.: Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, vol.I, p.230-1, vol.II, p.170
Archer, W.G.: Visions of Courtly India, London and New York 1976, pp.56-9

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