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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CANADIAN COLLECTION

A RAJA ON HORSEBACK FIRES A
MATCHLOCK DURING A BEARHUNT
INDIA, UDAIPUR, CIRCA 1770

Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 9½ by 14⅞ in., 24.1 by 37.8 cm

A pu of black smoke tells us that a Raja has just red a shot
from his matchlock at a charging black bear. The bear then
depicted again, now sprawled below either wounded or dead.
A retainer runs alongside with a bow over his shoulder pointing
at the prey. On a green expanse of landscape surrounded by
stylized hills and burning brush.

$ 4,000-6,000

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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. CLAUS VIRCH

MAHARANA JAGAT SINGH II PRESENTS A
PAAN TO BABA BAKHAT SINGH
INDIA, UDAIPUR, CIRCA 1740

Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 10¾ by 9 in., 27.3 by 22.9 cm
folio: 11½ by 9⅜ in., 29.2 by 23.8 cm

The nimbated Maharana Jagat Singh II of Udaipur (r. 1734 -
1751) seated against a large vermillion-colored bolster on a

oral carpet, formally o ers a paan to his respectful sardar
Baba Bakhat Singh the son of Takhat Singh. A garland and a
talwar set out before them. Against a attened moss-green
background. Rhomboid-shaped ower beds and a water tank
geometrically displayed at the bottom.

$ 4,000-6,000

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CANADIAN COLLECTION

MAHARANA SARDAR SINGH RIDING AN
ELEPHANT
INDIA, DEVGARH, CIRCA 1840

Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 8⅜ by 5¾ in., 21.3 by 14.6 cm
folio: 13 by 9⅜ in., 33 by 23.8 cm

$ 2,500-3,500

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