PROBABLY RAJASTHAN OR GUJARAT, NORTH INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Girnar is a group of mountains in the Junagarh district of Gujarat, sacred to both Hindus and Jains. It is home to a large number of Jain temples, the largest of which is the Neminath temple. A large map of pilgrim sites along the Ganges valley used similar conventions to depict mountains, with rounded pink boulders and was probably made in Rajasthan (sold at Christie's South Kensington, 12 June 2014, lot 196). The depiction of the city is typical of Jaipur cityscapes of the mid 19th century (see for instance four Jaipur illustrations offered at Christie's South Kensington, 11 October 2013, lot 565).