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PROPERTY FROM THE LANIER COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM THE LANIER COLLECTION
A PRINCESS VISITS A SADHU IN THE A MAIDEN HOLDING A GOLDEN FLASK AND
EVENING CUP
India, Rajasthan, Bikaner, early 18th Century ATTRIBUTABLE TO RUKNUDDIN
India, Rajasthan, Bikaner, circa 1690
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 7¼ by 5¼ in. (17.8 by 12.7 cm) Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
folio: 8¾ by 6¼ in. (20.3 by 15.2 cm) image: 5½ by 2¾ in. (14 by 5 cm)
PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
Acquired 1980’s Collection of The Maharaja of Bikaner
Acquired circa 1987
A princess and her handmaiden visit an ashen-smeared
Shaivite sadhu (holyman) at his small peaked-roof hermitage. A beautiful maiden stands on a tiny grass-tufted hillock,
He welcomes her, as she brings a bowl of fruit as an o ering. against a verdigris ground, holding a jeweled ask with
The bearded holyman, with his long matted locks, sits cross- matching cup. The details of her cap reveal a remarkable,
legged on a tigerskin rug on a whitewashed hexagonal raised almost microscopic, complexity in its individual jewels and gold
platform - accompanied by an acolyte holding a peacock- decoration.
feathered morchal ( ywhisk). His pet saluki hound sleeps
nearby. On a thin-washed mossy-green landscape, her palace Likely attributable to the Mughal-trained artist Ruknuddin
and town visible in the distance. (active 1650-97) who was active in the royal workshop of
Maharaja Anup Singh (r. 1669-98) of Bikaner during whose
$ 4,000-6,000 reign our painting was almost certainly executed.
$ 1,500-2,500
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