NORTH INDIA, DATED VS 1896/1838-39 AD

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SAHIB SINGH BEDI SEATED WITH HIS SON TEGH SINGH
NORTH INDIA, DATED VS 1896/1838-39 AD
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, Maharaja Ranjit Singh wearing brightly coloured robes sits before a courtier on a carpeted terrace, behind each figure stands an attendant with a fly-whisk, within gold floral-illuminated blue borders on pink margins, identification inscription in takri in the upper margin, verso with further takri inscription and date in black ink
Painting 9 x 6½in. (22.8 x 16.7cm.); folio 12 x 9½in. (30.5 x 24.2cm.)

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Lot Essay

Sahib Singh Bedi (1756-1834) was a direct descendant of Guru Nanak and performed the coronation of Ranjit Singh. For a closely related painting of the same scene see Amandip Singh Madra and Parmjit Singh, Warrior Saints: Four Centuries of Sikh Military History, Vol. I, London, 1999, cat. 35, pp. 72-3

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