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Paintings from the ‘House of Wonders’ - Pahari Paintings and Sikh Portraits in the Lahore Museum. By F. S. Aijazuddin. Sotheby Parke Bernet: London and New York, 1977; Oxford University Press: Karachi and Delhi, 1977. Pp. xxviii, 101. 16 Colour and 280 Monochrome Illustrations. £25.
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