A LARGE EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF JAWAN SINGH OF UDAIPUR (R. 1778-1828) ATTRIBUTED TO RAMA
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MEWAR, CIRCA 1835
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
gouache and gold on paper, red border with black margin rules, inscribed in nagari in black ink, the ruler riding a brown stallion to the right, resplendent in a gold turban decorated with jewels and a white jama, a nimbus about his head, retainers running alongside waving cauris and bearing banners and canopy
Dimensions
40.8cm x 33.7cm
Footnote
This imposing equestrian portrait of Maharana Jawan Singh, possibly riding Eklinga Baksh, one of his favourite stallions, excites with its majesty and movement. For further discussion and comparisons see L. York Leach, Mughal and Other Indian Schools from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, London, 1995, pp.1014-1018; A.Topsfield, Paintings from Rajasthan in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1980, nos. 234 and 236; D.Diamond and D.Kheera, A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur, Washington D.C., 2023, and these rooms, Islamic and Indian Art, 11 December, 2024, lots 78 and 79.