Lot 202
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A RULER ON HORSEBACK, POSSIBLY THAKUR BAKHTAWAR SINGH OF AUWA
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A RULER ON HORSEBACK, POSSIBLY THAKUR BAKHTAWAR SINGH OF AUWA

JODHPUR, MARWAR, RAJASTHAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A RULER ON HORSEBACK, POSSIBLY THAKUR BAKHTAWAR SINGH OF AUWA
JODHPUR, MARWAR, RAJASTHAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the ruler rides a prancing stallion, he holds the reins and a huqqa pipe, the horse is adorned with colourful tassels and surrounded by attendants, the sky with stylised clouds, later inscription at top, mounted, framed and glazed
10¼ x 8 1/8in. (26.2 x 20.6cm.)
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

A very similar portrait, depicting Thakur Bakhtawar Singh of Auwa is in the British Museum and dated to 1807 (Roda Ahluwalia, Rajput Painting, Romantic, Divine and Courtly Art from India, London, 2008, cat.55, pp.94-95).

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