Thakur Pratap Singh of Ghanerao
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Ghanerao, Circa 1720
The corpulent ruler dressed in a pale mauve coat over his patterned white jama, he wears his distinctive wrapped turban and adorned with multiple rings and a double strand of prayer beads, mounted on a powerful horse with his white braided into long strands with red tassels. Later inscription identifying the ruler at the top.
12 ¾ x 8 ¾ in. (32.8 X 22.5 cm)
The corpulent ruler dressed in a pale mauve coat over his patterned white jama, he wears his distinctive wrapped turban and adorned with multiple rings and a double strand of prayer beads, mounted on a powerful horse with his white braided into long strands with red tassels. Later inscription identifying the ruler at the top.
12 ¾ x 8 ¾ in. (32.8 X 22.5 cm)
Estimate:
US$ 8,000 - 12,000
£5,300 - 7,900
€6,200 - 9,300
£5,300 - 7,900
€6,200 - 9,300
Footnotes
- Compare with the portraits of the same ruler in Rosemary Crill in, Court Paintings from Rajasthan, Mumbai, 2000, nos. 1 and 2, pp. 93 and 94. Also see O.P. Sharma, Indian Miniature Painting, Brussels, 1974, pl. 69, cat 67.
Provenance:
Private Collection
Acquired from Doris Wiener in the 1980s
Category: Asian Art / Southeast Asian, Indian and Himalayan Art
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