A double-sided folio with ship designs

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, KISHANGARH, 19TH CENTURY

Details

A double-sided folio with ship designs
India, Rajasthan, Kishangarh, 19th century
Each side with annotated diagrams of the boat shown in profile and from above, detailing the hull, keel, stern and bow shaped like an elephant head, a canopied seat at one end
Pen and watercolor on paper
11 7/8 x 16½ in. (30.1 x 41.9 cm.)

Provenance

Private collection, New York, before 1979

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Lot Essay

Boats are a distinctive feature of Kishangarh painting, shown in their expansive lakes against marbled palaces and lush landscapes. The paintings illustrate details like canopied seats and elephant head bows, as seen in M.S. Randhawa and D.S. Randhawa, Kishangarh Painting, 1980, pl. nos. I and XI, pp.14 and 34. The importance of this maritime vessel to Kishangarh is emphasized by the present example.

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