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THB18th C. Kota Painting of Maharao Ajit Singh of Bundi
Lot 65
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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South Asia, India, Rajasthan (Kota) - "Maharao Ajit Singh of Bundi" gouache and gold on stiff paper, ca. 1770. A rare 18th century Kota (also spelled Kotah) painting depicting Maharao Ajit Singh of Bundi riding a dappled horse with attendants on foot and borders of yellow, black, and red. The painting presents with rich colors and refined drawing of the figures' visages. A text label on the verso provides the following description, "This exceptional contemporary depiction of Maharao Ajit Singh is unusual in several respects. The Maharao, with green halo surrounded by a gilt starburst, shows him against the sand-colored Thar desert of Rajasthan, riding a striking, rearing dappled grey horse, with green hillocks across the top, trees and sky above, and riding on a ground cover of grassy knolls with a stream at bottom containing flowers and water plants with water fowl at the edge." A beautiful Kota painting mounted under glass in an attractive custom frame. Size (painting): 12.375" L x 9.875" W (31.4 cm x 25.1 cm) Size (frame): 22.25" L x 19.125" W (56.5 cm x 48.6 cm)
According to the British Museum, Kota (also spelled Kotah) style "refers to painting from the small court of Kota from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth century. The Mughals established Kota as an independent state from Bundi to be ruled by a branch of the family in 1631 and stylistically, the early art of Kota followed the Bundi model and concentrated on Ragamala and Baramasa painting. As it flourished in the eighteenth century there was a marked increase in the production of hunting scenes – tigers prowling dense jungles of tightly composed foliage, with hunters interspersed between the trees. The figures have a ruddier complexion in comparison to Bundi painting, with sculpturally modelled features." (British Museum website)
Please note: The original Waddington brochure of "Indian Paintings" with an illustration of this painting (figure 35) is attached to the verso as are labels from Waddington Galleries and Denenberg Fine Arts.
Provenance: Ex-Denenberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California USA; ex-Waddington Galleries Ltd., London, 1978 to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Brook; ex- Dr. Ellen K. Morris
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#178963Painting is mounted under glass in an attractive custom frame. It has not been examined outside the frame. Only minor paint losses and crease marks. Otherwise in overall very good condition with vivid hues and strong imagery.Condition
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