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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTOR
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A PAINTING OF SAMBARA AND RATI
NORTH INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, GULER, CIRCA 1830
Image 9¬ x 6¬ in. (24.6 x 16.8 cm.)
folio 11Ω x 8Ω in. (29.2 x 21.6 cm.)

$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE
Purchased from Maggs London, 1985, by repute.

While the eye is immediately drawn to the beautiful woman and otherworldly
demon beside her, the landscape of this colorful composition is equally
as capturing. The representation of landscape in Guler painting is clearly
infuenced by the its context within the lush foothills of the Himalayas, while
also infuenced by Mughal landscapes. A technique of burnishing on the
backside of the painting has a signifcant efect on the painting’s tone and,
perhaps, contributes to the still-vivid state of this nineteenth-century painting.

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