A PORTRAIT OF A PRINCE, PROBABLY DAN CHAND, PRINCE OF BILASPUR
INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, BILASPUR, CIRCA 1700
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
gouache on card heightened in gold, orange border with black margin line, depicting the prince facing right leaning on a sword, holding a rose, wearing a gold turban and transparent jama over striped pantaloons, a dagger tucked into his floral patka, unframed
Dimensions
22.1cm x 15.1cm
Provenance
Christie's, Art of the Islamic & Indian Worlds, 10 October 2014, lot 79.
Private UK Collection.
Footnote
Prince Dan Chand was a brother to the Maharaja Bhim Chand (1667-1712) of Bilaspur and a crucial advisor to his brother during his reign. For further discussion and comparisons see, W.G. Archer, Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, Vol. I, p. 224 and Vol. II, p. 177, no. 20 and San Diego Museum of Art, Accession Number 1990. 1154 from the collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd.