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The inscription on the reverse translates to "Ram Singh Ji Kotah. The procession going to worship Hanum-ji on the occasion of Vijay Dashmi, 1989 (i.e. 1841)."
Property from the Estate of Ralph Benkaim
An equestrian portrait of Raja Ram Singh II
INDIA, KOTAH, DATED 1841
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An equestrian portrait of Raja Ram Singh II
India, Kotah, dated 1841
The king wearing armor over his white jama, his face backed by a green halo, holding a lance and seated on his gray steed, accompanied by his retinue on foot bearing various ceremonial weapons and symbols of nobility, including the chattri, morchhal and flywhisk, all in a landscape against a blue sky, enclosed by red borders, an inscription in Devanagari on the verso
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
13½ x 10¾ in. (34.3 x 27.2 cm.), folio
India, Kotah, dated 1841
The king wearing armor over his white jama, his face backed by a green halo, holding a lance and seated on his gray steed, accompanied by his retinue on foot bearing various ceremonial weapons and symbols of nobility, including the chattri, morchhal and flywhisk, all in a landscape against a blue sky, enclosed by red borders, an inscription in Devanagari on the verso
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
13½ x 10¾ in. (34.3 x 27.2 cm.), folio
Provenance
Acquired in California, December 1967
Brought to you by
Anita Mehta
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