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A PORTRAIT OF MAHARANA JAWAN SINGH

UDAIPUR, MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 3,500
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GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000
Closed: 19 Nov 2015
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A PORTRAIT OF MAHARANA JAWAN SINGH

UDAIPUR, MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 3,500
Closed: 19 Nov 2015
Price Realised GBP 3,500
Closed: 19 Nov 2015
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A PORTRAIT OF MAHARANA JAWAN SINGH
UDAIPUR, MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, facing left, haloed, wearing a richly adorned turban with bejewelled sarpech and turban band, wearing a large necklace and an orange sash around his waist and thrown over his right shoulder, his left hand holding a floral twig, his left a huqqa snake, a blue and white tiled balustrade below, between wide yellow borders with black and green rules, identification inscriptions in devanagari script below and on reverse
Painting 9 5/8 x 6 5/8in. (24.5 x 16.8cm.); folio 12 7/8 x 9 ¼in. (32.2 x 23.5cm.)
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