£43,951
Islamic & Indian Art ft. Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | 12345
Auction: Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | Lots 84 to 152 | 12 June at 10am
gouache and gold on card, dark blue border, depicting Raj Suraj Mal in an orange jama, wearing a white turban with gold aigret and black plume, draped in jewels, his left hand leaning on a green window sill whilst his right hand holds the breast of a white hawk looking up at him, crimson red background, inscribed on verso in Takri and in English ‘Sri Rana Kalas’, mounted, glazed and framed
Folio: 22.4cm x 17.2cm (8 7/8in x 6 7/8in).
Acquired before 1948.
Exhibited:
Circulated by the Smithsonian Institute, USA, in 1963-1964, and exhibited in Ohio, Indianapolis, Richmond, New Hampshire and Ottawa.
Wildenstein Gallery, London, 26 May to 19 June 1965.
Loan to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, from 1994 to 2004, no. 8.
Literature:
W. G. Archer, Indian Miniatures from the Collection of Mildred and W. G. Archer, Exhibition Catalogue, Washington, 1963, pl. 45 (illustrated).
W. G. Archer,
Visions of Courtly India, The Archer Collection of Pahari Miniatures, Exhibition Catalogue, Washington, 1976, no. 76 (illustrated).