gouache and gold on paper, the scene in two separate paintings, each with a floral border, laid down on a red ground contemporary with the paintings
each painting 257 x 210 mm. and slightly smaller; with border 280 x 440 mm.

Footnotes

Provenance
Christie's, Western, Hebrew and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 16th December 1970, lot 176 (cuttings from the sale catalogue pasted on backboard).

Raja Hamir Hath was the ruler of Ranthambore who, in 1301, refused to surrender Ranthambore Fort to Sultan Ala-ud-Din Khilji. He was eventually defeated, resulting in the mass suicide of the women in the fort, and the execution of all his officers. For other folios from a Hamir Hath series, see W. G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London 1973, vol. 1, p.162, no.56; vol. 2, p. 116, no. 56; Christie's South Kensington, Arts of India, 10th June 2013, lot 282; Christie's New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, 19th March 2014, lot 1103.

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Two scenes from a Hamir Hath series, depicting mounted troops advancing towards a fortress, the opposing troops sallying out to meet them Pahari, second half of the 19th Century

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