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PROPERTY FROM THE LANIER COLLECTION
A SIKH NOBLEMAN HOLDS A FALCON
India, Punjab Hills, Mandi or Jammu,
circa 1830-40
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 5¼ by 7½ in. (12.7 by 17.7 cm)
folio: 6½ by 8¾ in. (15.2 by 20.3 cm)
PROVENANCE
Acquired early 1990’s
A Sikh nobleman seated with upraised knee, on a dais
against a large mauve bolster, smokes a whi from the long
stem of his hookah - a pu of smoke emerging from his
nostrils. He watches as his large hunting falcon, perched on
his outstretched gloved arm, peers upwards searching for
prey. A sardar dressed in white muslin, sits respectfully with
pressed palms. Other courtiers attend as a gray-haired groom
brings his lord’s stallion. Perhaps based upon a depiction
of Guru Gobind Singh, who is often shown holding a raptor
and receiving a horse. The gures seated on a pink and blue
carpet, outdoors on a terrace, the trees beyond devoid of
leaves.
Grayish black inner margins, with salmon outer borders and
mauve ruled lines.
$ 4,000-6,000
