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Lot 196

Rajah Umed Singh I and his minister, Zalim Singh, shooting tigers
Kotah, attributed to Sheikh Taju, circa 1780

23 May 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Rajah Umed Singh I and his minister, Zalim Singh, shooting tigers
Kotah, attributed to Sheikh Taju, circa 1780

brush, blue ink and black chalk over red ink on paper, laid down
332 x 535 mm.

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Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Sven Gahlin, London, from 1997.

For a large, extensive hunting scene featuring Umed Singh and Zalim Singh, attributed to Sheikh Taju (who appears to have been trained in imperial Mughal workshops before starting his career at Kotah), see S. C. Welch, Gods, Kings and Tigers: the Art of Kotah, New York 1997, pp. 166-169, no. 45; and for Sheikh Taju in general, pp. 110-170 passim. For a brief summary of the remarkable career of Zalim Singh and his relations with Umed Singh, see M. C. Beach, Rajput Painting at Bundi and Kota, Ascona 1974, pp. 36-37.

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