Raja Devi Chand

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Jammu (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a portrait of Raja Devi Chand (1741-1778) smoking a huqqa on a terrace; he is attended by a servant holding a fly-whisk and by his side a hawk is perched. The ruler wears orange robes and an elaborate headdress or turban with beaded detail.

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Categories	Paintings Royalty Portraits Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project Animals and Wildlife
Object type	Painting
Title	Raja Devi Chand (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Painted
Brief description	Painting, Raja Devi Chand of Kahlur (Bilaspur) smoking, opaque watercolour on paper, Jammu, ca. 1750
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a portrait of Raja Devi Chand (1741-1778) smoking a huqqa on a terrace; he is attended by a servant holding a fly-whisk and by his side a hawk is perched. The ruler wears orange robes and an elaborate headdress or turban with beaded detail.
Dimensions	Height: 197mm Width: 132mm 19/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description	Raja Devi Chand (1741-1778) smoking a huqqa on a terrace; he is attended by a servant holding a fly-whisk and by his side a hawk is perched.
Style	Jammu
Marks and inscriptions	'Sri Maran Devi [?]' (Inscribed in Takri)
Credit line	Given by R.W. Skelton
Subjects depicted	Ruler Huqqa Terrace Hawk Devi Chand
Bibliographic reference	Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p.194, cat. no. 21.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.262-1953

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433140/raja-devi-chand-painting-unknown/

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