An Illustration from a Swarga-Naraka Series: A Royal Sinner in Hell
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An Illustration from a Swarga-Naraka Series: A Royal Sinner in Hell

Uniara school, Rajasthan, India, circa 1800

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An Illustration from a Swarga-Naraka Series: A Royal Sinner in Hell
Uniara school, Rajasthan, India, circa 1800
Four demons, two with spears and two with chains punishing a man tied with rope surrounded by a yellow background and inscription on top
Opaque pigments on paper
11 1/8 x 8 in. (18.5 x 20.4 cm.), image
13 ½ x 10 3/8 in. (34.4 x 26.4 cm.), folio
Provenance
Acquired by 1977
Literature
RK Tandan, Indian Miniature Paintings, 16th through 19th Centuries, Bangalore, 1982, p.109, fig.109. 
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Lot Essay

The inscription above is as follows:

ran haar hajaar baras kumbhi narak mara che yo koi des ko raja
cho so kumbhi narak mein deeno che anek paap ko karan haar che

Having lost at battle, for a thousand years, the king of a country suffers in hell
He has been in hell for all these days and lost (in battle) because of his sins


This is very similar in feel and painterliness to Mewar painting of circa 1750, such as an example in the S.S.Bakliwala Collection (Anjan Chakraverty, Indian Miniature Paintings, Delhi, 1996, p.60).


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