4th Jun, 2025 11:00
Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art and Greek and Roman Antiquities
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A PORTRAIT OF RAJA PRATAP SINGH OF JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
in opaque colour, gold and ink on paper, the enthroned ruler flanked by attendant courtiers on a carpeted terrace, flowers and forests in the distance beneath a cloudy sky, framed, 21 x 31.2cm.
Raja Pratap Singh (reigned 1779-1803), the son of Madho Rao, ascended to the throne at just fourteen years old and appears as a somewhat youthful figure in this depiction. He was an enthusiastic patron of the arts and architecture maintaining a large atelier of court artists. A number of portraits of him remain though more often as a single figure such as an example in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, IS151-1952. Another portrait of him in that collection, in the form of a preparatory drawing, sees him wearing very closely a turban and jewellery very closely related that depicted in the present portrait, see 1914-3008M.
Sold for £1,800
in opaque colour, gold and ink on paper, the enthroned ruler flanked by attendant courtiers on a carpeted terrace, flowers and forests in the distance beneath a cloudy sky, framed, 21 x 31.2cm.
Raja Pratap Singh (reigned 1779-1803), the son of Madho Rao, ascended to the throne at just fourteen years old and appears as a somewhat youthful figure in this depiction. He was an enthusiastic patron of the arts and architecture maintaining a large atelier of court artists. A number of portraits of him remain though more often as a single figure such as an example in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, IS151-1952. Another portrait of him in that collection, in the form of a preparatory drawing, sees him wearing very closely a turban and jewellery very closely related that depicted in the present portrait, see 1914-3008M.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art and Greek and Roman Antiquities, 4th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The sales include sculpture, bronzes, metalwork, textiles and paintings representative of the richly varied styles seen across the Indian subcontinent, from early Buddhist and Jain art to Mughal and European-influenced works of art of the colonial era.
Works of art from all parts of the Islamic world, from Morocco in the west, through the Middle East, Persia and Central Asia to muslim China and South East Asia in the East are included in the sale. Objects range in date from the early centuries of Islam to the early 20th century at a wide range of price levels.
The sales also include Khmer, Thai and Javanese sculpture and bronzes, textiles from the Indonesian islands, Thai ceramics, Burmese lacquer and Buddhist manuscripts. Works of art range from the early Indian-influenced styles from 9th century Java to the elaborate carved and lacquered woodwork from Colonial Burma.
For full details of bibliographic references, see pages 192-193 of the page turning and printed versions of the catalogue.
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