Oliver White
Head of Department
Lot 259
A prince, Suraj Mal of Bundi, on horseback hunting boar, with attendants and a hound running alongside Bundi, late 18th Century
8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,500 inc. premium
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A prince, Suraj Mal of Bundi, on horseback hunting boar, with attendants and a hound running alongside
Bundi, late 18th Century
Bundi, late 18th Century
gouache and gold on paper, black and red border, nagari inscription in upper border and on reverse, framed
308 x 258 mm.
308 x 258 mm.
Footnotes
Provenance:
Acquired by a former owner in London in 1971.
Collection of Sven Gahlin, 1970s.
George Sheridan Collection formed between the 1950s and 80s.
The inscriptions read:
Recto: Maharaj adhiraj Rao Raja ji Shri Suraj mal ji swasthana Bundi ghodo ra Bahadur Samvat 1913 Ashvin sud 15, Maharaj Suraj Mal of Bundi astride Bahadur VS 1913/circa AD 1856, Ashvin [seventh month of the Hindu calendar], day 15.
Verso: Chhavi Suraj Mal ji swasthana Bundi, picture of Suraj Mal ji of Bundi.
Suraj Mal appears to be one of the brothers of Maharao Ajit Singh of Bundi (reg. 1756-58).
George Sheridan (1923-2008) was one of the founding members of the artistic community of Deià in the Balearic island of Mallorca, among such illustrious residents as the poet Robert Graves. His painting style reflects the colour and rugged beauty of his adopted home in Spain, having spent many years working as an artist in London and Paris after leaving his native America. His influences included the art of India and the Himalayas ,which he collected avidly and whose themes he incorporated into his work. He frequented Spink and Son whenever he was in London, becoming close friends with the legendary head of the Indian and Southeast Asian department, Anthony Gardiner, from whom he bought regularly. When in Paris he would buy from the leading dealers of the day, Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard and Josette Schulmann. His eye for Asian art extended from the Buddhist sculpture of Gandhara, Nepal and Tibet,through classical Indian sculpture to the magical world of Indian miniatures.