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Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra and Courtiers

Cleveland Museum of Art

Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra and Courtiers. A man in a pink outfit sits cross-legged on a low platform covered in a red cloth, facing right. He wears a pink turban. He is surrounded by men in white and colored outfits and turbans. The men are sitting in two rows on either side of him. The row on the left side has one man wearing green and one man wearing orange. The row on the right side has one man wearing yellow and one man wearing red and gold. The men are looking at the central figure. The background is a gray wall with a curved top. The painting has a gold frame. The painting is on a beige-colored paper. The image is rectangular.

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796 × 900 px
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