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Maharaja Raj Singh of Sawar in a garden arcade
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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.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › Sawar (place of creation)
- Date
- 1710 - 1715
- Associated people
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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
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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)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
- Accession no.
- LI118.41
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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. 89 on p. 210, pp. 20, 206, & 218, illus. p. 211
Glossary
porcelain
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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.
Past Exhibition
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Location
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- Returned to lender
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