30th Sep, 2022 10:00
DAY 2 - TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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AN INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING OF MAHARAO RAM SINGH II OF KOTAH (REG. 1827-1866) HUNTING A TIGER
Sold for €975
including Buyer's Premium
India, Rajasthan, Kotah, 19th century. Gouache and gold on wasli paper. Depicting the maharaja riding a caparisoned elephant, his rifle aimed at a tiger entwined with a snake while attacking an antelope. Some details are finely rendered in gilt. All within a black and red border.
Provenance: Peter Jones Art Gallery (old stamp to reverse). British private collection, acquired from the above.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, soiling, and creasing, possibly microscopic touchups. The frame with some wear and minor flaking to the lacquer.
Dimensions: Image size 32.2 x 22.3 cm, Size incl. frame 34.5 x 24.3 cm
The school of Kotah derives from the small court of Kota, dated to the 17th-19th century. Mughals established Kotah as an independent state from Bundi to be ruled by a branch of the family in 1631 and stylistically, the early art of Kotah followed the Bundi model and concentrated on Ragamala and Baramasa painting. As it flourished in the 18th century, there was a marked increase in the production of hunting scenes – tigers prowling dense jungles of tightly composed foliage, with hunters interspersed between the trees. The figures have a ruddier complexion in comparison to Bundi painting, with sculpturally modeled features.
Literature comparison:
See S. C. Welch, Gods, Kings and Tigers: the Art of Kotah, 1997, p. 203, no. 63, for Ram Singh playing polo, in a painting dated 1838. Compare a related miniature painting depicting Maharao Ram Singh II of Kotah hunting with Maharao Ram Singh of Bundi (reigned 1826-1866), dated circa 1880, in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.75.19.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Bonhams London, 5 August 2020, lot 133
Price: GBP 5,062 or approx. EUR 6,600 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A ruler, perhaps Maharao Ram Singh (reg. 1827-66) hunting a tiger on horseback, his mistress in the saddle beside him, Kotah, circa 1835-40
Expert remark: Compare the related depiction, also showing a ruler hunting a tiger with a rifle. Note the size (27.7 x 21 cm).
India, Rajasthan, Kotah, 19th century. Gouache and gold on wasli paper. Depicting the maharaja riding a caparisoned elephant, his rifle aimed at a tiger entwined with a snake while attacking an antelope. Some details are finely rendered in gilt. All within a black and red border.
Provenance: Peter Jones Art Gallery (old stamp to reverse). British private collection, acquired from the above.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, soiling, and creasing, possibly microscopic touchups. The frame with some wear and minor flaking to the lacquer.
Dimensions: Image size 32.2 x 22.3 cm, Size incl. frame 34.5 x 24.3 cm
The school of Kotah derives from the small court of Kota, dated to the 17th-19th century. Mughals established Kotah as an independent state from Bundi to be ruled by a branch of the family in 1631 and stylistically, the early art of Kotah followed the Bundi model and concentrated on Ragamala and Baramasa painting. As it flourished in the 18th century, there was a marked increase in the production of hunting scenes – tigers prowling dense jungles of tightly composed foliage, with hunters interspersed between the trees. The figures have a ruddier complexion in comparison to Bundi painting, with sculpturally modeled features.
Literature comparison:
See S. C. Welch, Gods, Kings and Tigers: the Art of Kotah, 1997, p. 203, no. 63, for Ram Singh playing polo, in a painting dated 1838. Compare a related miniature painting depicting Maharao Ram Singh II of Kotah hunting with Maharao Ram Singh of Bundi (reigned 1826-1866), dated circa 1880, in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.75.19.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Bonhams London, 5 August 2020, lot 133
Price: GBP 5,062 or approx. EUR 6,600 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A ruler, perhaps Maharao Ram Singh (reg. 1827-66) hunting a tiger on horseback, his mistress in the saddle beside him, Kotah, circa 1835-40
Expert remark: Compare the related depiction, also showing a ruler hunting a tiger with a rifle. Note the size (27.7 x 21 cm).
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