ID 828773 
Lot 86  | RAJA SHAMSHER SEN OF MANDI
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000 
MANDI, NORTHERN INDIA, 1770-80
Opaque pigments on paper with black, white and red rules, set within an orange margin, inscription at the top of the painting in Takri, the reverse plain, with flyleaf
Painting 10 1/4 x 6 1/2in. (26 x 16.4cm.); folio 13 1/2 x 9 1/4in. (34 x 24.3cm.)
Literature
L. V. Habighorst, P. A. Reichart, V. Sharma, Genuss und Rausch. Betel, Tabak, wein und Rauschdrogen in Indischen Miniaturen, Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz, 2007, p. 54, plate 27
J.P. Losty, Indian Paintings from the Ludwig Habighorst Collection, Francesca Galloway, London, 2018, no. 16
Exhibited
Betel, Tabak, Wein, Hasch und Opium in der indischen Malerei, Museum Rietberg, Zürich, 12 January - 2 May 2010 (used as exhibition poster)
Genuss und Rausch - Wein, Tabak und Drogen in indischen Miniaturen, Museum für Islamische Kunst, Pergamonmuseum, Berlin, 21 April - 22 June 2014 (used as exhibition poster)
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic | 
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| Art style: | Pahari painting | 
| Genre: | Portrait | 
| Place of origin: | India, Asia | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Statuettes | 
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic | 
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| Art style: | Pahari painting | 
| Genre: | Portrait | 
| Place of origin: | India, Asia | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Statuettes | 
| Address of auction | 
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