Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
A seated portrait of Raja Abhiraj Singh Jaswal (r. circa 1765-70) of Jaswan, North India, Kangra, circa 1760-70
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March 31, 12:40 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
gouache heightened with gold on paper, inscribed above in black nasta’liq ‘raja abhiraj singh jaswal pesar rai jaghar singh’ (Raja Abhiraj Singh Jaswal son of Rai Jaghar Singh), within narrow dark blue border, red rules and wider pink speckled margins, the reverse with similar identification inscriptions in black takri and blue devanagari script
painting: 18.1 by 11.5cm.
leaf: 25 by 18.2cm.
Ludwig Habighorst Collection, Germany.
W.G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, Vol.I, p.282, Vol.II, Kangra Fig.8(iii), p.196.
Vijay Sharma, Painting in the Kangra Valley, New Delhi, 2020, pl.59, p.92.
Vijay Sharma, Painting in the Kangra Valley, New Delhi, 2020, pl.59, p.92.
Jaswan was a small Pahari kingdom located south of Kangra in the Punjab Hills. The ruling family of Jaswan was a branch of the Kangra family. For another portrait of Raja Abhiraj Singh, as a slightly older man, seated with his nephew, see W.G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, Vol.II, Kangra Fig.8(iv), p.196.