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Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin

(from 2nd Feb until 22nd Apr 2012)

Explore the remarkable collection of Indian paintings and drawings of the artist Howard Hodgkin.

Detail of Maharaja Dhiraj Singh riding, Raghugarh, India, c.1700 (Museum No: LI118.34)
Maharaja Raj Singh of Sawar in a garden arcadefront

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Maharaja Raj Singh of Sawar in a garden arcade

  • loan

  • Description

    A flower in his hand, Raj Singh of Sawar (r.1705-1730) appears against a pale green ground as if appearing at a palace jharoka window. But the arch which frames him is part of an arcade in a pleasure garden with a fountain, water-course and flowering shrubs. The Raja is attended by half-sized maids bearing porcelain wine-flasks and a peacock-feather fan.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › Sawar (place of creation)
    Date
    1710 - 1715
    Associated people
    Raj Singh, Maharaja of Sawar (ruled 1705 - 1730) (subject)
    probably Raj Singh, Maharaja of Sawar (ruled 1705 - 1730) (commissioner)
    Material and technique
    gouache with gold on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 42.6 x 52.2 x 1.7 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 29.4 x 39.2 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper,
    processed material › metal › gold
    Technique index
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.41

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 89 on p. 210, pp. 20, 206, & 218, illus. p. 211

Glossary

porcelain

  • porcelain

    Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.

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    • Returned to lender

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