Lot Essay
For another depiction of Sangram Singh visiting the Eklingji temple dated to circa 1775 see Andrew Topsfield, Court Painting at Udaipur, Zurich, 2001, fig.150, p.169.
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MEWAR, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1725
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MAHARANA SANGRAM SINGH VISITING VAISHNAVITE TEMPLES
MEWAR, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1725
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, Maharana Sangram Singh II of Mewar (r.1710-34) is depicted several times wearing white robes and an orange turban visiting shrines and performing acts of worship, is two large white temple complexes with numerous devotees, the landscape divided by a river surrounded by rocky outcrops in the centre, the landscape with several smaller shrines and hermitages, within yellow rules on three sides, cotton textile backing, royal Mewar Library inventory number on the reverse, mounted, framed and glazed
15¾ x 12¼in. (40 x 31cm.)
MEWAR, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1725
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, Maharana Sangram Singh II of Mewar (r.1710-34) is depicted several times wearing white robes and an orange turban visiting shrines and performing acts of worship, is two large white temple complexes with numerous devotees, the landscape divided by a river surrounded by rocky outcrops in the centre, the landscape with several smaller shrines and hermitages, within yellow rules on three sides, cotton textile backing, royal Mewar Library inventory number on the reverse, mounted, framed and glazed
15¾ x 12¼in. (40 x 31cm.)
Sale room notice
Please note that the image for lot 157, a painting, is incorrectly labelled in the catalogue as lot 158. The image of lot 157 is on the bottom left hand side of page 149
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