RAJA RAM SINGH (R. 1667-88)

Lot 12
27.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 12 | RAJA RAM SINGH (R. 1667-88)
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RAJA RAM SINGH (R. 1667-88)

AMBER, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1650

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid down between pink, blue and gold borders with floral decoration and gold and polychrome rules, the later buff margins with gold floral illumination, identified in black nasta'liq in the lower border, another inscription in gold devanagari in the lower margin, verso with similar borders and margin but the centre left plain

Painting 8 7/8 x 5 ¼in. (22.6 x 13.5cm.); folio 19 ½ x 14in. (49.5 x 35.5cm.)





Literature

Catherine Glynn, "A Rajasthani Princely Album: Rajput Patronage of Mughal-Style Painting", Artibus Asiae, Vol.60, No.2, pp.222-64, fig.4
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