The painting tradition of Kota underwent remarkable change under the patronage of Maharao

The painting tradition of Kota underwent remarkable change under the patronage of Maharao Ram Singh II. No other Kota ruler’s daily routine was so vividly documented. Numerous paintings and drawings centred around energetic rhythms of hunting and chase, courtly ceremonies, festivities or worship…

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Auction: Classical Indian Art #3 · Todywalla Auctions · 2024-04-16 · Estimate: ₹ 100000 - ₹ 200000

Category: Indian Painting

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• Ten lines of Awadhi text written in Devanagari script with black ink; key word and verse makers in red. <br/>T · sold ₹5,25,000
• A blue-skinned Raja stands on a small gold plinth - one foot half-way out of his clog slipper. He holds the sm · sold ₹1,00,000
• Miniatures of musical inspiration, more specifically ragamala series depicting the evocation of melodies form · sold ₹90,000
• An action-oriented passage from Ramayana depicted in a horizontally-spread composition. Simultaneous represent · sold ₹1,25,000
• The solitary figure of a nayika against a sombre grey background was meant to symbolize love’s longing. While · sold ₹1,25,000
• Set on the banks of a river on a white marble terrace is a scene of an ascetic preaching to his disciples. The · sold ₹1,25,000
• The central figure of Shri Nathji standing on a white jamdani flanked by two pairs of gopis with their hands h
• Verso: Chhaju Ram inscribed in cursive Nagari.<br/>A sizeable number of Udaipur painters, mostly those not in · sold ₹60,000
• Rectangular landscape format, each depicting a Jain Tirthankar born in the five Mahavideh Kshetras in the pres
• Rectangular portrait format, each depicting an enshrined Jain Tirthankar of the Atit (Past), under shikaras, f
• Two leaves from a manuscript manual for teachers and practitioners of yoga, illustrating fifty of the physical · sold ₹4,70,000
• Provenance: An old inventory label in German from an auction taken place in Leipzig, Germany in 1939. <br/>The · sold ₹1,10,000