Portrait of the courtier Jag-Ji,

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Portrait of the courtier Jag-Ji,
gouache heightened with gold on paper, the noble, wearing green turban and wide-skirted jama, stands facing right and holds a flower in his left hand, devanagari inscription above, mounted, framed and glazed, (light spotting and rubbing), Jodhpur, circa 1840 - 20.8 x 15.7cm.
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The inscription reads "dha bhai jag-ji". 'Dha bhai' means 'foster brother, son of a 'dhaya' or wet-nurse'; thus the sitter is the son of the royal wet-nurse and foster brother of the maharaja, possibly Man Singh. Jag-ji is a pet name, short for Jagat or similar.

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