Raja Karan Singh
Painting
ca. 1660 (made)
ca. 1660 (made)
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Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Raja Karan Singh. The Raja faces to the left. He is dressed in a jama of gold diapered with a flower motif. Round his neck is a pearl necklace and a white garland. He wears a jewelled belt from which is slung a sword in a crimson scabbard, and holds a lotus-flower in his right hand. The sword is of a Deccani type. His turban and slippers are of gold brocade, his trousers - white with crimson and green stripes. The background is turquoise and isolated clumps of flowering plants grow on the ground.
Object details
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| Title | Raja Karan Singh (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Raja Karan Singh, opaque watercolour on paper, Bikaner, ca. 1660 |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Raja Karan Singh. The Raja faces to the left. He is dressed in a jama of gold diapered with a flower motif. Round his neck is a pearl necklace and a white garland. He wears a jewelled belt from which is slung a sword in a crimson scabbard, and holds a lotus-flower in his right hand. The sword is of a Deccani type. His turban and slippers are of gold brocade, his trousers - white with crimson and green stripes. The background is turquoise and isolated clumps of flowering plants grow on the ground. |
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| Content description | Raja Karan Singh. The Raja faces to the left. He is dressed in a jama of gold diapered with a flower motive. Round his neck is a pearl necklace and a white garland. He wears a jewelled belt from which is slung a sword in a crimson scabbard, and holds a lotus-flower in his right hand. The sword is of a Deccani type. His turban and slippers are of gold brocade, his trousers - white with crimson and green stripes. The background is turquoise and isolated clumps of flowering plants grow on the ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '-300/s.' (dealer's mark in red ink ) |
| Credit line | Given by the family of the late Sir William Rothenstein. |
| Object history | Given by the family of the late Sir William Rothenstein. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Basil Gray, "Catalogue of Indian Miniatures from the collection of H.H. the Maharajah of Bikaner, 1949) - No 12, p. 10, a study of the same ruler at about the same age (photo filed).
H. Goetz, "Art and Architecture of Bikaner State, 1950" pp 104-106 discussing other works of the Karen Singh period. |
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| Accession number | IS.336-1951 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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