19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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A SEATED PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA PRATAP SINGH II OF MEWAR AS A BRAHMIN
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century
A SEATED PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA PRATAP SINGH II OF MEWAR AS A BRAHMIN
PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN COLLECTION
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on wove paper, depicting a robust, bare-chested nobleman wearing an ochre yellow dhoti usually worn by Brahmins, with a bejewelled pearl necklace around the chest and encrusted gold bangles on the wrists, holding a page or book of prayers, seated against a large gold-embroidered bolster, his jewellery and the setting indicating his high social rank, in the background a small ship on the left and Krishna taking the cattle grazing on the right, a new dawn appearing in the sky, set within black and white rules and bright red borders, pasted on a cardboard mount.
The painting 28.5cm x 20.5cm, 43.4cm x 36cm including the mount
Provenance: The Estate of Alice Kringstein (née Katz, 1932 - 2022).
Sold for £1,968
A SEATED PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA PRATAP SINGH II OF MEWAR AS A BRAHMIN
PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN COLLECTION
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on wove paper, depicting a robust, bare-chested nobleman wearing an ochre yellow dhoti usually worn by Brahmins, with a bejewelled pearl necklace around the chest and encrusted gold bangles on the wrists, holding a page or book of prayers, seated against a large gold-embroidered bolster, his jewellery and the setting indicating his high social rank, in the background a small ship on the left and Krishna taking the cattle grazing on the right, a new dawn appearing in the sky, set within black and white rules and bright red borders, pasted on a cardboard mount.
The painting 28.5cm x 20.5cm, 43.4cm x 36cm including the mount
Provenance: The Estate of Alice Kringstein (née Katz, 1932 - 2022).
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
Our selected lots preview starts next week, on Tuesday 3rd June, and the full view is going to take place from Friday 13th June until the sale day.
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