A RAJA ON A DHURRIE RECEIVING COMPANY, A FALCON ON HIS WRIST, ATTRIBUTABLE TO NAINSUKH OF GULER OR A DESCENDANT, INDIA, PAHARI, MID- TO LATE-18TH CENTURY

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

A RAJA ON A DHURRIE RECEIVING COMPANY, A FALCON ON HIS WRIST, ATTRIBUTABLE TO NAINSUKH OF GULER OR A DESCENDANT, INDIA, PAHARI, MID- TO LATE-18TH CENTURY

brush and ink heightened with gouache on paper, laid down on buff paper, inscibed in takri script 'Wazir Balavar' (?)

26.5 by 34cm.

Condition Report:
The painting has been laid on carton, in generally good overall condition, some spotting and minor stains, small area of retouching to white hem of main figure, as viewed.

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Provenance:
Ex-collection Prof. R.A. Dara, London (d.1966).

Ex-collection Sven Ghalin, acquired in 1967, sold in these rooms, 6 October 2015, lot 95.