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73 AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE RAMAYANA: RAMA KILLING KHARA AND DUSHANA KANGRA, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Rama stands on a rocky hilltop and shoots arrows at the antelope-headed demons Khara and Dushana, Lakshman behind him, Sita hiding in a cave, their thatched hut under a large tree, deities watch the scene from white clouds above, the blue and pink borders with stylised gilt illumination, the reverse with pen and pencil inscriptions, mounted 12º x 17¬in. (31.1 x 45cm.) £15,000-20,000 $22,000-28,000 €19,000-25,000 PROVENANCE: Collection of Theodore Allen Heinrich (1910-81), Toronto, Canada Another illustration from this Ramayana series, depicting Rama, Sita and Lakshman in the same rocky landscape originally in the Paul Walter F. Collection sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 14 November 2002, lot 86 48
74 MAHARAJA RANBIR SINGH AND A COURTIER AT WORSHIP JAMMU, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1880 Opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the two rulers richly attired, Ranbir Singh bearing a sword, depicted standing and worshipping an icon of Vishnu and Lakshmi, with Garuda at their feet, within gold and black borders on wide pink borders, mounted 13Ω x 17Ωin. (34.4 x 44.4cm.) £7,000-10,000 $10,000-14,000 €8,800-12,000 A closely related portrait of Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir (r.1857-1885) with the same courtier is dated by Falk and Archer to circa 1880 (Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian Miniatures in the India Ofice Library, London, 1981, no.558). This portrait series of Ranbir Singh was probably based on a photograph taken of the Maharaja by Bourne and Shepherd at the Delhi Durbar of Lord Lytton in January 1877. 75 A SEATED PORTRAIT OF RANBIR SINGH JAMMU, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1840 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, richly attired with intricate turban, depicted reclining on a wide bolster, leaning on his sword, within black and pink borders with thin yellow rules, mounted 10√ x 8ºin. (27.7 x 20.9cm.) £3,000-4,000 $4,300-5,700 €3,800-5,000 49
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73<br />
AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE RAMAYANA: RAMA KILLING KHARA AND DUSHANA<br />
KANGRA, NORTH <strong>INDIA</strong>, CIRCA 1820<br />
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Rama stands on a rocky hilltop and shoots arrows at the<br />
antelope-headed demons Khara and Dushana, Lakshman behind him, Sita hiding in a cave, their thatched<br />
hut under a large tree, deities watch the scene from white clouds above, the blue and pink borders with<br />
stylised gilt illumination, the reverse with pen and pencil inscriptions, mounted<br />
12º x 17¬in. (31.1 x 45cm.)<br />
£15,000-20,000 $22,000-28,000<br />
€19,000-25,000<br />
PROVENANCE:<br />
Collection of Theodore Allen Heinrich (1910-81), Toronto, Canada<br />
Another illustration from this Ramayana series, depicting Rama, Sita and Lakshman in the same rocky<br />
landscape originally in the Paul Walter F. Collection sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 14 November 2002, lot<br />
86<br />
48
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