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Lot 290

Budha Ram Das dressed in white kneeling beneath a canopy on a terrace
Punjab, probably Patiala, mid-19th Century

22 May 2025, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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Budha Ram Das dressed in white kneeling beneath a canopy on a terrace
Punjab, probably Patiala, mid-19th Century

gouache and gold on paper, fine illuminated borders with floral motifs in gold on a red ground, single line of gurmukhi on a yellow ground within cartouche in upper border
190 x 130 mm.

Footnotes

The inscription in the upper border reads: sri budha ram das ji.

On the basis of the style this portrait may be associated with the court of Patiala or one of the other Phulkian states. Alternatively, there may be a connection with either Kot Budha Ramdas in Kartarpur, Jalandar, or Gurdwara Baba Budha Ramdas in Ajnala.

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