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KANGRA, PUNJAB HILLS, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800 Opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, the bearded ruler smoking a huqqa, sits with his courtiers and attendants, the reverse with a partially rubbed stamp and an old sale label Painting 7 ? x 11 5/8in. (19.7 x 29.6cm.)
There is a comparable Kangra portrait of Raja Sansar Chand in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, where he is depicted in a similar manner wearing a white jama smoking a huqqa on a terrace, and with an impressive sarpech on his turban, albeit seated on a low stool (acc.no. 36.243). The slightly rounded faces, stocky figures, and a certain coolness achieved by the artist with the use of white in this painting are characteristics also reminiscent of the Kangra artist Purkhu and his workshop. Raja Sansar Chand was a great patron of painting at Kangra. The principal artist at his court, Purkhu, was the master of a large atelier and active between 1780 and 1820. For a painting attributed to Purkhu and his workshop in the present sale, see lot 107.