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Indian Paintings from the Simon Digby Collection

(from 1st Oct 2013 until 5th Jan 2014)

Explore the recent acquisition of a rich and unusual collection of Indian paintings and manuscript pages.

Detail of Noblemen in durbar, Rajasthan, 18th century (Museum no: EA2012.225)
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A Raja on horseback

  • Description

    In this page from an unidentified narrative series, a Raja with sword and shield sits on his mettlesome pink stallion and smokes a hookah held by a female attendant. A pair of peacocks, now mutilated, appear above. The scattered devanagari letters are meaningless and were apparently added by a later hand for writing practice.

    With its bold and rhythmical linear style, lively palette and exaggerated enlargement of the human eye, this particular folk style has been associated by Jagdish Mittal, an eminent Indian authority, with the Kutch region of Gujarat in Western India.

  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaIndiawest India Gujarat (Kutch district) (place of creation)
    Date
    1750 - 1800
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    23.1 x 26.5 cm (height x width)
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, 2012.
    Accession no.
    EA2012.234

Past Exhibition

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    • currently in research collection

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