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Painting

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kota (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Ram Singh II of Kota is shown with a green nimbus, mounted proudly on a richly adorned elephant, in procession with his son Chhattar Sal. A dancing girl performs on a platform mounted on the elephants tusks. Attendants and musicians follow on foot.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Pageants and Ceremonies
Dance
Royalty
Animals and Wildlife
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Gold
Paint
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Maharao Umed Singh of Kota in procession with Chhattar Sal, painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Kota, ca. 1850
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Ram Singh II of Kota is shown with a green nimbus, mounted proudly on a richly adorned elephant, in procession with his son Chhattar Sal. A dancing girl performs on a platform mounted on the elephants tusks. Attendants and musicians follow on foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.4cm
  • Width: 48.3cm
Content description
Ram Singh II of Kota is shown with a green nimbus, mounted proudly on a richly adorned elephant, in procession with his son Chhattar Sal. A dancing girl performs on a platform mounted on the elephants tusks. Attendants and musicians follow on foot.
Style
Kota
Credit line
Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha
Subjects depicted
Dancer
Elephant
Costume
Musician
Procession
Ruler
Ram Singh II
Bibliographic references
  • Plate 58, page 78. Jackson, Anna and Jaffer, Amin (eds), with Deepika Ahlawat. Maharaja : the splendour of India's royal courts. London, V&A Publishing, 2009. ISBN.9781851775736 (hbk.), ISBN.1851775730 (hbk.).
  • Jackson, Anna and Ji Wei (eds.) with Rosemary Crill, Ainsley M. Cameron and Nicholas Barnard, compiled by the Palace Museum, translated by Yuan Hong, Qi Yue and Liu Ran. The Splendour of India' Royal Courts : Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Beijing: the Forbidden City Publishing House, 2013. Text in English and Chinese. ISBN 9787513403917. pps. 150-153
  • Archer, W.G. Indian Painting in Bundi and Kotah Cat. no. 23, fig. 48, p. 56.
  • Topsfield, Andrew, An introduction to Indian Court Painting, H.M.S.O., London, 1984, 0112903835 p. 37, cat. no. 30.
  • Swallow, D., Stronge, S., Crill, R., Koezuka, T., editor and translator, "The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts", Victoria & Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan, 1993. pp. 106-7, cat. no. 89
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.564-1952

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
Record URL
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