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A PORTRAIT OF THE ROYAL ELEPHANT POPDANT
A PORTRAIT OF THE ROYAL ELEPHANT POPDANT
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A PORTRAIT OF THE ROYAL ELEPHANT POPDANT

MEWAR, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, MID 18TH CENTURY

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A PORTRAIT OF THE ROYAL ELEPHANT POPDANT
MEWAR, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, MID 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the animal depicted facing left and running, in thin yellow margins within black rules with red borders, identification in black devanagari script above, the reverse with old and very faint collection stamp, further inscriptions in blue Latin script, black and red devanagari 'maharana ji shri jagat singh ji ri savari / popdant' (the ride of Maharana Jagat Singh / Popdant)
9 7/8 x 11 5/8in. (25.2 x 29.5cm.)

Lot Essay

Maharana Jagat Singh II (r. 1734-51) was particularly devoted to his elephant stable with several paintings of elephants including processions, elephant fights and hunting scenes being commissioned during his reign (A. Topsfield, Court Painting at Udaipur, Zurich, 2001, p.188). The inscriptions identify the subject of our painting as Popdant, a favoured elephant from the royal stable ridden by the Maharaja himself.

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