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96 Dressed in white and set against a chocolate brown background,
AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF THAKUR JAIVAN SINGH Jaivan Singh rides a beautiful blue stallion adorned with painted white
Jodhpur, 1800-1820 flowers. He carries a spear and smokes a huqqa, surrounded by a
Opaque watercolor with gold and silver on paper; inscription upper proud, chest-puffed entourage – markers of his nobility and power.
red border translated: ‘Portrait of Thakur Jaivan Singh’. A very similar equestrian portrait of a Jodhpur Thakur was sold at
Image: 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (30 x 19.7 cm); Christie’s, Mumbai, 15 December 2015, lot 118.
Folio: 13 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (34.6 x 24.5 cm)
$3,000 - 5,000 Provenance
Private European Collection, acquired between 1968-72
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