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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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A PAINTING OF KALI (ADYA-SHAKTI)
NORTH INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, KANGRA, CIRCA 1820
Opaque watercolor on paper
Image 6¬ x 4æ in. (16.8 x 12.2 cm.)
folio 7√ x 5¬ in. (20 x 15 cm.)
$3,500-5,000

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A PAINTING OF VISHNU
NORTH INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, CHAMBA, CIRCA 1830-1850
Opaque watercolor on paper, heightened with gold
Image 8 x 4æ in. (20.3 x 12 cm.); folio 9√ x 6æ in. (25 x 17.3 cm.)
$4,000-6,000

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A PAINTING OF LADIES BATHING IN A LOTUS POOL
NORTH INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, KANGRA OR MANDI, CIRCA 1820
Opaque watercolor on paper, heightened with gold
Image 7º x 4º in. (18.4 x 10.8 cm.); folio 9 x 6Ω in. (22.9 x 16.5 cm.)
$5,000-7,000

This illustration of ladies bathing in a lotus pool is based on an earlier painting
from Guler dated circa 1760-65, now in the collection of the Victoria and
Albert Museum in London (acc. no. I.S.115-1955) illustrated by W.G. Archer in
Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, 1973, Vol. I, Guler p.158, 42, and in Vol.
II, p.110. The Guler painting shows the same corner of the pool with a maiden
seated near the edge on a low stool, smoking a huqqa.
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