MAHARANA JAGAT SINGH II PRESENTS A PAAN TO BABA BAKHAT SINGH

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Description

MAHARANA JAGAT SINGH II PRESENTS A PAAN TO BABA BAKHAT SINGH
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 10 3/4 by 9 in., 27.3 by 22.9 cm
folio: 11 1/2 by 9 3/8 in., 29.2 by 23.8 cm

Catalogue Note

The nimbated Maharana Jagat Singh II of Udaipur (r. 1734 - 1751) seated against a large vermillion-colored bolster on a floral carpet, formally offers a paan to his respectful sardar Baba Bakhat Singh the son of Takhat Singh. A garland and a talwar set out before them. Against a flattened moss-green background. Rhomboid-shaped flower beds and a water tank geometrically displayed at the bottom.

For general discussion of Udaipur painting during the reign of Jagat Singh II refer to Andrew Topsfield, Paintings from Rajasthan, Melbourne, 1980, pps. 92 - 104; and Andrew Topsfield, Court Painting at Udaipur, Artibus Asiae Sup 44, 2008, fig. 155 p. 180.