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A PAINTING OF MANASA
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INDIA, PAHARI REGION, MANDI, LATE 18TH CENTURY
648 Opaque pigments and gold on paper
7√ x 11 in. (20 x 28.2 cm.)

$4,000-6,000

印度 旁遮普 马恩迪 十八世紀末 摩納娑女神繪畫

This painting, with an inscription in Sanskrit on the verso, depicts the goddess
Manasa, sister to the serpent king Vasuki, seated with her son Astika on her
lap. Paintings from Mandi during the eighteenth century are typically iconic
images of deities with a relatively simple composition and fne areas of minute
detail, such as the present work.

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PORTRAIT OF RAJA PRAKASH CHAND OF GULER

INDIA, PAHARI HILLS, GULER, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper
9¬ x 7 in. (24.4 x 18 cm.)

$3,000-5,000

印度 旁遮普 坎格拉县 十八世紀末 酋長肖像繪畫

PROVENANCE

with Doris Wiener, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 17 February 1971.

This portrait was commissioned for the Raja Prakash Chand of Guler (r.1773-
1790), as per the inscription on verso in red devanagari script and black
nasta’liq script. The facial hair and details of the garment are delineated with
precise lines, characteristic features of fne Guler painting. The muted colors
and stylization of certain features, namely the thick sash and top-knotted
turban, are also indicative of Guler portraiture from this period (J. Cummins,
Indian Painting: from Cave Temples to the Colonial Period, Boston, 2006, p.198).
Compare with another painting of lesser fneness of Raja Prakash Chand sold
in Christie’s South Kensington on 9 October 2009, lot 501.