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MAHARANA SARDAR SINGH RIDING AN
PROPERTY FROM A PENNSYLVANIA PRIVATE COLLECTION
ELEPHANT
A RAJA ON A TERRACE
India, Kotah or Nathdwara, early 19th Century India, Devgarh, circa 1840
Opaque watercolor on paper heightened with gold
Opaque watercolor on paper heightened with gold
image: 8⅜ by 5¾ in. (21.3 by 14.6 cm)
image: 10⅝ by 16⅞ in. (27 by 42.9 cm)
folio: 13 by 9⅜ in. (33 by 23.8 cm)
folio: 11½ by 17½ in. (29.2 by 44.5 cm)
Maharana Sardar Singh (r. 1838-1842) holding lotus blossoms
PROVENANCE as he rides an elephant, accompanied by his retinue.
Sotheby’s New York, March 21 & 22, 1990, lot 163
For another painting of the Maharana killing a boar, see
A ruler seated against an orange bolster holding a < ower in National Gallery of Victoria (accession number: AS293 -1980).
his right hand, wearing elaborate jewelry and a red turban For further reference see Andrew Tops+ eld, Paintings from
adorned with pearls and a sarpech, and < anked by attendants. Rajasthan, Melbourne, 1980, p. 156 and Andrew Tops+ eld,
He is entertained by musicians in the foreground, the scene Court Paintings at Udaipur, Artibus Asiae Sup 44, 2008, p.
set against verdant foliage, a lotus pool and rolling hills in the 252-53.
distant background.
$ 1,000-1,500
$ 2,000-3,000
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