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A Rajput ruler, perhaps Maharao Mukund Singh of Kotah (reg. 1648-58), standing holding a flower Mewar, circa 1675-1700 image 1
A Rajput ruler, perhaps Maharao Mukund Singh of Kotah (reg. 1648-58), standing holding a flower Mewar, circa 1675-1700 image 2
Lot 156

A Rajput ruler, perhaps Maharao Mukund Singh of Kotah (reg. 1648-58), standing holding a flower
Mewar, circa 1675-1700

12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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A Rajput ruler, perhaps Maharao Mukund Singh of Kotah (reg. 1648-58), standing holding a flower
Mewar, circa 1675-1700

gouache and gold on paper, red and yellow borders
230 x 118 mm.

Footnotes

Provenance
Private UK collection.

Mukund Singh was the eldest son of Madho Singh (the first official ruler of Kotah), and was confirmed in his position by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Mukund Singh fought several battles alongside Mughal forces, eventually losing his life at the Battle of Dharmat. Not many portraits of him exist: our painting strongly resembles a drawing of him, circa 1650-1700, in the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (see S. C. Welch, Gods, Kings and Tigers: the Art of Kotah, New York 1997, pp. 42-43, fig. 4, and the discussion there).

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