Lot 107
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ARTIST HARKHU: VASAKKASAJJA NAYIKA ‡
INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, CHAMBA, CIRCA 1820
Auction: 10 June 2026 from 14:00 BST
Description
pencil and watercolour on paper, depicting an impatient mistress holding a mirror and surrounded by four female attendants
Dimensions
18.7cm x 13.6cm
Footnote
Harkhu, (1765-1850) was the grandson of the celebrated Pahari master Nainsukh (1710- 1778). For further discussions and comparisons of Harkhu's work see: W.G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, Vol. I, pp. 74-78, 87, 89, 90 and 138, Vol. II, pp. 66-67, nos. 50-52; S.C. Welch, Indian Drawings and Painted Sketches, New York, 1976, no. 78, and B.N. Goswamy and E. Fischer, Pahari Masters Court Painters of Northern India, Zurich, 1992.