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Shri Brijnathji and Maharao Durjan Sal hunting
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Description
In this grand imaginary hunt, Maharao Durjan Sal (r.1723-1756) and his relatives and ancestors hunt tigers, lions and wild buffalo cornered in a ravine. Among the hunters is the blue-skinned Brijnathi, a form of Krishna whom the Kota rulers adopted as their patron deity. Similar in scale to wall-paintings of hunts in the Kota palace, this cloth-painting was probably hung in the Maharao’s tent when he was in camp.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › south Rajasthan › Kota (place of creation)Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › south Rajasthan › Kota (subject)
- Date
- 1730 - 1740
- Associated people
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Durjan Sal, Maharao of Kota (ruled 1723 - 1756) (subject)
- Material and technique
- gouache with gold on cotton cloth
- Dimensions
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frame 117 x 206.3 x 4 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 102.5 x 191 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
- Accession no.
- LI118.74
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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. 107 on p. 248, p. 274, illus. p. 249
Past Exhibition
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Location
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