Painting
ca. 1770 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a ruler is shown surrounded by his noblemen in strong colours and bold compostion which is typical of Rajput paintings influenced by the Mughals. The ruler wears a white pagri and jama over pink trousers, yellow cummerbund and blue, flowered gold patka, and sits on a carpet with pale yellow ground, smoking a round-bodied bidri huqqa. Six nobles with swords and shields sit facing him on the right, fourteen other nobles and attendants sit or stand on the left. In the background is a line of trees, and sky above. All four edges have been cropped, and some repairs have been made.
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Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
Brief description | Painting, Rathor Rajput ruler with nobles, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Jodhpur, ca. 1770 |
Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a ruler is shown surrounded by his noblemen in strong colours and bold compostion which is typical of Rajput paintings influenced by the Mughals. The ruler wears a white pagri and jama over pink trousers, yellow cummerbund and blue, flowered gold patka, and sits on a carpet with pale yellow ground, smoking a round-bodied bidri huqqa. Six nobles with swords and shields sit facing him on the right, fourteen other nobles and attendants sit or stand on the left. In the background is a line of trees, and sky above. All four edges have been cropped, and some repairs have been made. |
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Content description | A ruler seated on a carpet, smoking a huqqa, with attendants. |
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Accession number | IS.27-1979 |
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Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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