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Lot 224

Guru Hargobind Singh (1595-1644), the sixth Sikh Guru, standing armed with sword, shield, bow and a quiver of arrows
Provincial Pahari, mid-18th Century

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11 June 2020, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Guru Hargobind Singh (1595-1644), the sixth Sikh Guru, standing armed with sword, shield, bow and a quiver of arrows
Provincial Pahari, mid-18th Century

gouache and gold on paper, dark blue border, inscribed in nagari and nasta'liq script verso
232 x 156 mm.

Footnotes

Comparison can be made between the faces, and to some extent the poses of the body, in this painting and a Mughal portrait in the Watson Collection of Indian Miniatures, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Wisconsin, USA (p. 177, pl. 108).

Saleroom notices

Additional note on provenance: formerly in a private collection, Knoxville, Tennessee.

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