A MAHARAJA AT WORSHIP

JODHPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1820

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A MAHARAJA AT WORSHIP
JODHPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1820
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the priest Jallandharnath seated on a tiger skin in a small temple, the king seated before him, two attendants to the priest standing on the left, in a lush mountainous landscape with shrines in the distance, with floral borders and red margins
Painting 10 3/8 x 7 5/8in. (26.7 x 19.3cm.); folio 14 x 10 1/8in. (35.6 x 25.7cm.)

Lot Essay

A painting depicting a similar scene with Maharaja Man Singh at worship in a similar landscape sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2014, lot 1123. For a discussion on Maharaja Man Singh's adherence to the Nath sect, see R. Crill, Marwar Painting, A History of Jodhphur Style, 1999, pp. 146-151, and D. Diamond, et al., Garden and Cosmos, 2008, pp. 141-171.

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