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Miniature Painting, A Celebratory Event, Rajasthani, 18th C.

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:5,000.00 EUR Estimated At:8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR
Miniature Painting, A Celebratory Event, Rajasthani, 18th C.
Opaque waterbased pigments with gold decoration on wasli (handmade layered paper)
India, Rajasthan, mid/late 18th century
A lively crowd of women playing musical instruments and holding ritual objects and figurines, accompanied by three young nobles holding shakers
A blue-skinned and nimbate Lord instructs a young prince on a second floor balcony
In the background a Shaivite saddu (holyman) offers a ritual to a Shiva lingam entwined by a snake and is blessing the success of this event, ritual objects and offerings set before him
The subject is a secular celebration, presumably a rite of passage or betrothal
Highly stylized rocks lining the tops of hillocks against a brilliant red ground, in the foreground two small boats await in the river
Verso backed with layered papers containing numbered boxes and calculations as well as one line of Nasta'liq script in black ink
Size: 50 x 75 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Private collection, Cologne

The present miniature is quite an unusual painting, notable for its very unusual large scale, bright red ground, lively representation of the figures and very interesting intermix of regional styles. The complex work appears Rajasthani but contains elements of Bikaner, Kotah, Ajmer and Northern Deccani style. A rare painting – for there are few comparable works – and visually impressive with a charming and complex subject.



Condition: The work is overall in good condition with some losses and fraying to the outer red borders. Partly there are some stains and creases. The sheet measures 50 x 75 cm.
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