Lot 111
A NOBLEMAN RIDING
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MARWAR, CIRCA 1740
Auction: 09 December 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
gouache on paper heightened in gold, depicting a nobleman wearing a white robe, a gold and red sash and orange turban sat on a large rearing horse, to the front and rear of the horse soldiers march holding spears, flags and swords, with an attendant waving a fly whisk to the rear, yellow and red border with black and white margin lines, mounted, glazed and framed
Dimensions
28.4cm x 22.7cm
Provenance
Waddington and Tooth Galleries, 2 Cork Street, London, W1X 1PA, Late 1970s.
Formerly in a private UK collection.
Arthur Tooth & Sons merged with Leslie Waddington in November 1976 to form Waddington and Tooth Galleries. They operated out of Cork street until autumn 1978 when the partnership dissolved. In Summer 1977 they held a landmark exhibition simply called Indian paintings.