An illustration to a Ragamala series: Kusuma Putra of Dipak Raga, attributable to the Guler artist Chhajju at Chamba, Pahari region, 1800-1820, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with gold and polychrome floral margins, within wide pink...
An illustration to a Ragamala series: Kusuma Putra of Dipak Raga, attributable to the Guler artist Chhajju at Chamba, Pahari region, 1800-1820, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with gold and polychrome floral margins, within wide pink speckled borders, identified to reverse in Devanagari and Gurumukhi, with old collector's label 'Rajput', pen and pencil inventory inscriptions, folio 26.6 x 21cm.; painting 17.5 x 12.8cm. Inscriptions: raga kusama dipake da 2 (Devanagari) raga kosama dipakeyi da (Gurmukhi) Provenance: Private London Collection formed in the 1970s A kneeling prince is dressed in a striking gold-hemmed bright yellow jama and wears a matching turban adorned with a large sarpech. The style of head gear was used by Raja Bhup Singh of Guler (r.1790-1813) in his youth. He holds a gently drawn bow composed of flowers typical in illustration of this scene. This painting is executed in the style of the artist Chajju (c. 1775-1850). John Sellyer described Chajju's figures as 'much like those of his brother Harkhu with some light differences such as the reduced amount of facial modelling and the pupil moved forward to the very front of the eye'. Some of Chajju's characteristic features appear in this painting. The exuberant wavering hemlines of the sitter's robe, the presence of a harsh orpiment yellow within a lighter palette and the emphasis on decorative patterns are all chracteristics of his work (Sellyer 2014, cat. 87, pp. 252-253). details such as the modelling of the maid's light green peshwaz, the bronze ewer and bronze basin and the pavilion's floral cornice are particularly close to those on a painting of Agamapatika Nayika (The Crow's Augury) attributed to Chajju in the Mittal Collection, Hyderabad (Sellyer, 2014, cat. 89, pp. 256-257).
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An illustration to a Ragamala series: Kusuma Putra of Dipak Raga, attributable to the Guler artist Chhajju at Chamba, Pahari region, 1800-1820, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with gold and polychrome floral margins, within wide pink speckled borders, identified to reverse in Devanagari and Gurumukhi, with old collector's label 'Rajput', pen and pencil inventory inscriptions, folio 26.6 x 21cm.; painting 17.5 x 12.8cm. Inscriptions: raga kusama dipake da 2 (Devanagari) raga kosama dipakeyi da (Gurmukhi) Provenance: Private London Collection formed in the 1970s A kneeling prince is dressed in a striking gold-hemmed bright yellow jama and wears a matching turban adorned with a large sarpech. The style of head gear was used by Raja Bhup Singh of Guler (r.1790-1813) in his youth. He holds a gently drawn bow composed of flowers typical in illustration of this scene. This painting is executed in the style of the artist Chajju (c. 1775-1850). John Sellyer described Chajju's figures as 'much like those of his brother Harkhu with some light differences such as the reduced amount of facial modelling and the pupil moved forward to the very front of the eye'. Some of Chajju's characteristic features appear in this painting. The exuberant wavering hemlines of the sitter's robe, the presence of a harsh orpiment yellow within a lighter palette and the emphasis on decorative patterns are all chracteristics of his work (Sellyer 2014, cat. 87, pp. 252-253). details such as the modelling of the maid's light green peshwaz, the bronze ewer and bronze basin and the pavilion's floral cornice are particularly close to those on a painting of Agamapatika Nayika (The Crow's Augury) attributed to Chajju in the Mittal Collection, Hyderabad (Sellyer, 2014, cat. 89, pp. 256-257).
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