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TWO PAINTINGS OF EQUESTRIAN NOBLEMEN: A BUNDI NOBLEMAN ON HORSEBACK HOLDING A BLOSSOM, PRATAP SINGH ON A REARING STALLION
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- TWO PAINTINGS OF EQUESTRIAN NOBLEMEN: A BUNDI NOBLEMAN ON HORSEBACK HOLDING A BLOSSOM, PRATAP SINGH ON A REARING STALLION
- Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
- image: 11 7/8 by 7 1/4 in. (30.1 by 18.4 cm) and slightly smaller, [2], unframed, 1 illustrated
Catalogue Note
The second painting of the lot depicting Maharana Pratap Singh dressed in a brilliant crimson jama with bejeweled golden pagri (cap). He is attended by a ceremonial chowrie bearer. He touches his pearl necklace carrying a book tucked beneath his forearm, his left hand raised with palm open. A golden sword hilt or katar dagger and a quiver of arrows are slightly visible beneath his red robe. His golden patka visually forming a striking vertical abstraction against the glowing verdigris background. A vibrant trimmed fragment of a once larger composition.