AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA SARDAR SINGH


Mewar, circa 1840Opaque watercolor and gold on paper;Recto inscribed in devanagari:Maharaja Ji Shri Sardar Singh Ji Gaad Ore Kechek; Maharaja Sardar Singh riding the horse Ore Kechek. Image: 10 3/8 x 8 1/2in (26.9 x 21.5cm)
|Lavishly attired and bejeweled the youthful rana is mounted on favored stallion in the presence of various courtiers on foot. Sardar Singh ruled 1838-42, assuming the throne from the heirless Jawan Singh. For another portrait see Spink & Son, The Sublime Image, London, 1997, no. 10.ProvenanceSpink & Son, London, mid 1980sHenry Ginsberg Collection, LondonE W Asian Art, Pasadena, 2007The Estate of Paul F. Walter, New York