A MAHARAJA OBSERVES AN ELEPHANT FIGHT

UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1930

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A MAHARAJA OBSERVES AN ELEPHANT FIGHT
UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1930
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a turbaned ruler seated on a balcony above an arched gateway observes two elephants below entangled in a fight, soldiers line up in the foreground, a large domed palace behind, a few observers in western dress along an open arched colonnade on the right, within a black border on red margins, reverse with cotton backing, framed and glazed
Painting 28 x 50½in. (71.2 x 128.3cm.); frame 33 x 56in. (83.8 x 142.3cm.)

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Lot Essay

The depiction of the European spectators to the right of the elephant fight is very similar to Europeans illustrated in a painting of Maharana Bhupal Singh at Gangaur Ghat attributed by Andrew Topsfield to the artists Pannalal and Chaganlal circa 1935, (Andrew Topsfield, Court Painting at Udaipur, Zurich, 2001, no. 272, p. 301). A similar very large painting of a palace scene at Udaipur dated to the 19th Century was sold in these Rooms, 11 April 1989, lot 8.

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