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Lot 12
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Sindhava Putra of Shri Raga, Punjab Hills, India, circa 1750

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque watercolour heightened with gold on paper

Condition

Two pinhole sized areas of paint loss in the brown background of the miniature, as viewed. In good condition overall. This work is unframed.
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Catalogue Note

For another depiction of Sindhava putra as a warrior mounting a held horse see Ebeling 1973, p. 277.