ID 828628
Lot 78 | A PRINCE AND HIS FAVOURITE LADY ENJOY MUSIC ON A COLD NIGHT
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
ATTRIBUTED TO GURSAHAI, GULER, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1815
Opaque pigments on paper, within a blue border and a plain margin, inscribed above in red with the number '13', the reverse plain
Painting 8 1/2 x 12 3/4in. (21.5 x 32.4cm.); folio 11 3/4 x 16in. (29.8 x 40.8cm.)
Provenance
Svetoslav Nikolaevich Roerich Collection
Literature
S. Paul, 'Gursahai: A Guler Painter at Basohli', in V.C. Ohri, and R. Craven, (eds.), Painters of the Pahari Schools, Marg Publications, Bombay, 1998, fig. 7
L.V. Habighorst, L. Reichart, P.A. and V. Sharma, Love for Pleasure: Betel, Tobacco, Wine and Drugs in Indian Miniatures, Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz, 2007. Published in German as Genuss und Rausch. Betel, Tabak, Wein und Rauschdrogen in indischen Miniaturen, Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz, 2007, fig. 42.
V. Sharma, Kangra ki citramkan parampara, Chamba, 2010, p. 34
J.P. Losty, Paintings for the Pahari Rajas, Francesca Galloway, London, 2020, no. 23
V. Sharma, Painting in the Kangra Valley, Delhi, 2020, pl. 29
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Pahari painting |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Pahari painting |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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