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Raja Durjan Sal of Kota

Painting
1778 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kota (made)

Painting in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, of Raja Durjan Sal of Kota, in a forest, hunting a lion.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Royalty
Animals and Wildlife
Hunting
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleRaja Durjan Sal of Kota (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Gold
Paint
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Maharao Durjan Sal of Kota hunting lion, painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Kota, 1778
Physical description
Painting in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, of Raja Durjan Sal of Kota, in a forest, hunting a lion.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37cm
  • Width: 29cm
Content description
Raja Durjan Sal of Kota, in a forest, hunting a lion.
Style
Kota
Credit line
Given by Col. T. G. Gayer-Anderson and Maj. R. G. Gayer-Anderson, Pasha
Object history
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.).
Subjects depicted
Hunting
Figures
Lions
Trees
Hunting
Ruler
Durjan Sal
Bibliographic references
  • Plate 39, page 56. Swallow, Deborah and John Guy eds. Arts of India: 1550-1900. text by Rosemary Crill, John Guy, Veronica Murphy, Susan Stronge and Deborah Swallow. London : V&A Publications, 1990. 240 p., ill. ISBN 1851770224
  • 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. 200-201
  • Archer, W.G. Indian Painting in Bundi and Kotah Cat. no. 6, fig. 41, p. 54.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.562-1952

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Record createdFebruary 7, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74028/raja-durjan-sal-of-kota-painting-unknown/
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