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A Raja on horsebackfront

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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

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › west 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)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, 2012.
    Accession no.
    EA2012.234

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Location

    • currently in research collection

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