Classical Indian paintings from a Distinguished New York Private Collection
Maharaja Sansar Chand of Kangra Receiving Petitioners, Pahari / Kangra, circa 1788
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Classical Indian paintings from a Distinguished New York Private Collection
Opaque water-based pigments with gold on paper.
black inner margin with narrow pink outer borders.
Image size: 10¼ by 7⅝ in., 26 by 19.4 cm
Overall: 10⅝ by 8¼ in., 27 by 21 cm
Collection of Dr. William K. Ehrenfeld (1934-2005), San Francisco.
Acquired directly from the Ehrenfeld collection by the current owner, 8th December 1988.
Indian Miniatures from the Ehrenfeld Collection, The American Federation of the Arts, New York
September 1985 - March 1988.
Daniel Ehnbom, Indian Miniatures: The Ehrenfeld Collection, New York, 1985, cat. no. 115.
Maharaja Sansar Chand (r.1775-1823) of Kangra is depicted seated against a yellow floral pattern bolster set on a
matching yellow carpet - holding his falcon on his gloved right hand. He is smoking the long stem of
his hukkah as it winds diagonally through the lower half of the composition. The raja is surrounded by
courtiers and attendants - two waving a chauri and a morchal (ceremonial flywhisks) as he receives two
petitioning ministers.
Although our painting is uninscribed, the scholar Daniel Ehnbom (1985) has tentatively identified the
participants behind Sansar Chand as members of his court. In the darker clothes behind the raja is
likely his vizier Labha and below in yellow is the raja's younger brother Mana Chand (b. 1770).
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