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Mar 24, 2014
Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra and Courtiers
Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra and Courtiers
c. 1783
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Overall: 24.2 x 21.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin 1986.63
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This painting once belonged to Cleveland attorney George P. Bickford, who endowed positions at the CMA and Harvard.
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Ruler of the western Himalayan kingdom of Kangra from 1775 to 1823, Sansar Chand (1765–1823) is seated on a red dais. As a youth at around 18 years of age, he still has not grown a beard, and his distinctive curly bushy hair is visible beneath his pink turban. This portrait may commemorate the Mughals relinquishing control of Kangra in 1783.
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