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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 375

A NOBLEMAN AND ATTENDANTS WITH A YOGI, INDIA , KANGRA , CIRCA 1820
Estimate: 2,500 - 3,500 USD

OTHER PROPERTIES
A NOBLEMAN AND ATTENDANTS WITH A YOGI
INDIA, KANGRA, CIRCA 1820

Opaque watercolor on paper heightened with gold

image: 9 ⅛ by 7 ¼ in. (23.2 by 18.4 cm)

folio: 11 ¾ by 10 in. (29.8 by 25.4 cm) unframed

Provenance
Acquired from the Gordon H. Mattison collection, Maryland

Catalogue Note
The present and following paintings - Lots 375 and 376 - were once part of the collection of Mr. Gordon H. Mattison, a former
Foreign Service officer with deep interest and experience in Middle Eastern affairs. Born in Washington in 1915, Mr. Mattison grew
up in India where his father was a missionary. He began his career in the US Foreign Service in 1937. He traveled widely in the
Middle East - to Iraq and Syria - and by the late 1940s was Chief of the State Department's Division of Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs. In the 1950s Mr. Mattison was posted in US Embassies in Cairo and Tehran. He capped his career with postings as
US Consul General in Calcutta and Kathmandu, Nepal. He passed away in 1999 at the age of 84.

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