ID 828693
Lot 82 | RAJA DALIP SINGH OF GULER PERFORMING PUJA
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
ATTRIBUTED TO PANDIT SEU, GULER, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1740
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set within a dark blue border, inscribed on the verso in nagari
Painting 9 1/2 x 6 3/8in. (24 x 16.2cm.); folio: 10 5/8 x 7 3/4in. (27 x 19.6cm.)
Literature
M.S. Randhawa, 'Guler, the birthplace of Kangra art', Marg, vol. VI, no. 4, 1953, pp. 30-42, fig.C.
K. Khandalavala, Pahari Miniature Painting, Bombay, 1958, no. 102
L.V. Habighorst, Blumen - Bäume - Göttergärten in indischen Miniaturen, Koblenz, 2011, fig. 72
Francesca Galloway, Indian Paintings from the collection of Ludwig Habighorst, London, 2018, no. 6
| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Art style: | Pahari painting |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Art style: | Pahari painting |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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