Lot 94
A SIKH SARDAR RECLINING AGAINST BOLSTERS ON A PALACE TERRACE
INDIA, HARYANA, HANSI, CIRCA 1830
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,000
Auction: 11 December 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
gouache on paper heightened in gold, depicting a Sikh sardar dressed in a yellow jama and green turban holding rosary beads, reclining against a bolster on a rug on a palace terrace, a shield leaning against his side, a sword laid out next to him, an attendant to his left dressed in white waving a cauri, a landscape with trees behind, mounted, glazed and framed
Dimensions
21cm x 15.7cm
Provenance
Formerly from a French Collection.
Footnote
Paintings from Hansi in the Haryana region close to Delhi are rare and bear many of the attributes and influences of the late Mughal and Company School studios as seen in the celebrated Fraser album. Painting had also developed in the Punjab Plains close to the Pahari schools in the Punjab Hills. With commissions from both the British and rulers of the Punjab, artists were well occupied and the studios kept busy. For further discussion on painting from the Haryana region, the Punjab Plains and Sikh culture see:
L. York Leach, Mughal and Other Indian Schools from the Chester Beatty Library, Vol. II, London, 1995 pp. 734-740.
M. Archer and T. Falk, The Passionate Quest: The Fraser Brothers in India, London, 1989.
K.Singh, N.Poovaya-Smith and K.Ponnapa, Warm and Rich and Fearless, A brief survey of Sikh Culture, Bradford Art Galleries and Museum Exhibition Catalogue, 1991.
S. Stronge (ed.) The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, V&A Publication, London, 1999.
Ranjit Singh, Sikh. Warrior. King., Wallace Collection Exhibition Catalogue, London, 2024.
