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MAHARAJA RANBIR SINGH AND A COURTIER AT WORSHIP<br />
JAMMU, NORTH <strong>INDIA</strong>, CIRCA 1880<br />
Opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the two rulers richly attired,<br />
Ranbir Singh bearing a sword, depicted standing and worshipping an icon of<br />
Vishnu and Lakshmi, with Garuda at their feet, within gold and black borders<br />
on wide pink borders, mounted<br />
13Ω x 17Ωin. (34.4 x 44.4cm.)<br />
£7,000-10,000 $10,000-14,000<br />
€8,800-12,000<br />
A closely related portrait of Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir<br />
(r.1857-1885) with the same courtier is dated by Falk and Archer to circa 1880<br />
(Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian Miniatures in the India Ofice Library,<br />
London, 1981, no.558). This portrait series of Ranbir Singh was probably<br />
based on a photograph taken of the Maharaja by Bourne and Shepherd at<br />
the Delhi Durbar of Lord Lytton in January 1877.<br />
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A SEATED PORTRAIT <strong>OF</strong> RANBIR SINGH<br />
JAMMU, NORTH <strong>INDIA</strong>, CIRCA 1840<br />
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, richly attired with intricate<br />
turban, depicted reclining on a wide bolster, leaning on his sword, within black<br />
and pink borders with thin yellow rules, mounted<br />
10√ x 8ºin. (27.7 x 20.9cm.)<br />
£3,000-4,000 $4,300-5,700<br />
€3,800-5,000<br />
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