HORNED DEMONS CHASING NAKED FIGURES WITH DOGS
INDIA, MEWAR, CIRCA 1760
Estimate: £800 - £1,000
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
gouache on paper, red border with blue margin rules, four lines of nagari text above in a yellow panel, from the right a yellow and orange demon running forward with bows and arrows, four hunting dogs ahead of them chasing and catching ghost-like figures, mounted, glazed and framed
Dimensions
Sight size 19.2cm x 28.2cm
Provenance
Private UK collection.
Footnote
The chase is so typical of Mewar painting. For comparison, see A. Topsfield, Paintings from Rajasthan in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1980, no. 155.