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PROPERTY FROM THE LANIER COLLECTION
A SIKH GURU RECEIVES A DELEGATION
India, Punjab Hills, Mandi or Jammu,
circa 1820-30
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 8¾ by 12¾ in. (20.3 by 30.5 cm)
folio: 11 by 15 in. (28 by 38.1 cm)
PROVENANCE
Acquired 1989
Within a white columned marble palace the nimbate (haloed)
Guru holds darbar. He is seated on a low bejeweled gold
throne-chair as he receives an assembly of dignitaries
petitioning him and paying homage. He addresses their leader
as his nobles stand behind. An attendant holds a morchal
(ceremonial peacock feathered fan) whilst another bears a
gold tray with a container of delicacies.
With black inner borders within red and white ruled lines and
mauve-pink outer borders.
$ 7,000-9,000
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