A PAR HANGING PANEL

RAJASTHAN, INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAR HANGING PANEL
RAJASTHAN, INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of long rectangular form, painted with a dense crowd around figures of seated ruler, probably the same ruler enthroned and depicted in various scenes, with a number of celebration scenes, worn
153.5 x 45.3in. (390 x 115cm.)

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Please note that the title for this lot should read "A PAR HANGING PANEL

Lot Essay

This Par panel is part of a tradition of large-scale horizontal paintings used to provide a background for storytelling during ritual all-night performance. The hero-god depicted in this panel is either Pabuji or Dev Narayana, two Rajasthani heroes thought to be incarnations of Vishnu.

For a discussion on these paintings see Barbara Rossi, From the Ocean of Painting, India's Popular Paintings 1589 to the Present, Oxford, 1998, p.137-45.

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