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A portrait of Maharaja Jai Singh of Jaipur
Kishangarh, 18th century
Opaque watercolor on paper; the posthumous portrait shows the ruler
standing in a sparse landscape clutching his sword and kattar; single line
devanagari on the verso and a single line of nasta’liq identifying the ruler.
Image: 8 x 4 7/8 in. (20.3 x 12.4 cm); Folio: 10 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (27 x 18 cm)
$6,000 - 8,000

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A boar hunt
Kishangarh, late 19th century
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; mounted on his rearing stead the
prince looks on as his dog drags down the boar, in an open landscape
receding to a lake-side palace.
Image: 13 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (33.8 x 26 cm); Folio: 14 5/8 x 11 1/4 in. (37 x
28.7 cm)
$1,500 - 2,000

Compare with a closely related example of a portrait of a horse in the
Victoria and Albert Museum (IS.69-2006).

Provenance:
Private New York Collection
Acquired by the present owner’s grandfather in Detroit in early 1960s

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A portrait of Radha
Kishangarh, late 18th century
Ink on paper; of quintessential form with the aquiline nose, curved eye,
and high-arched eyebrow.
8 1/4 x x 9 1/2 in. (20.9 x 24.1 cm)
$1,000 - 1,500

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