Lot Essay
For other paintings of composite animals dated to the mid 19th century, see Andrew Topsfield, Paintings from Rajasthan in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1980, cat.270 and cat.271, pp.162-163.
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PROBABLY UDAIPUR, MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, MID 19TH CENTURY
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DURGA RIDING A COMPOSITE TIGER
PROBABLY UDAIPUR, MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, MID 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the crowned deity wearing a diaphanous pink sari and carrying her attributes, the tiger composed of female figures leaping behind a walking Hanuman wearing a crown and holding a lotus flower head and and umbrella over his right shoulder, within pink margins with repeating gold stylised leaf motifs; the reverse with a register depicting a court scene above and a champion defeating two giants below whilst a woman pays her respect to a passing man in red garb, mounted, framed and glazed
Visible 7 ½ x 10in. (19 x 25.4cm.)
PROBABLY UDAIPUR, MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, MID 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the crowned deity wearing a diaphanous pink sari and carrying her attributes, the tiger composed of female figures leaping behind a walking Hanuman wearing a crown and holding a lotus flower head and and umbrella over his right shoulder, within pink margins with repeating gold stylised leaf motifs; the reverse with a register depicting a court scene above and a champion defeating two giants below whilst a woman pays her respect to a passing man in red garb, mounted, framed and glazed
Visible 7 ½ x 10in. (19 x 25.4cm.)
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