Lot Essay
The smiling bull probably symbolizes Shiva, who watches the nobleman with approval, knowing that the man will ascend to the heavens soon.
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INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, JAMMA SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
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A Nobleman Achieving Nirvana
India, Punjab Hills, Jamma School, 19th Century
An unidentified nobleman fulfilling his dharma by taking his own life in a public square, with royal guards, horses, and a smiling bull painted in vivid colors and silver pigment looking on, and in the upper left the nobleman being transported in a golden bowl by two attendants to receive his heavenly reward, with red and black borders and white and yellow ruled lines, mounted
Image: 8½ x 11 7/16 in. (21.5 x 29 cm.)
India, Punjab Hills, Jamma School, 19th Century
An unidentified nobleman fulfilling his dharma by taking his own life in a public square, with royal guards, horses, and a smiling bull painted in vivid colors and silver pigment looking on, and in the upper left the nobleman being transported in a golden bowl by two attendants to receive his heavenly reward, with red and black borders and white and yellow ruled lines, mounted
Image: 8½ x 11 7/16 in. (21.5 x 29 cm.)