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Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh I of Jaipur enthroned, India, Jaipur, circa 1760
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September 8, 06:42 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh I of Jaipur enthroned, India, Jaipur, circa 1760
gouache heightened with gold on paper, cropped red border with black rules, verso with inscription in black devanagari script identifying the ruler and inventory numbers
25.7 by 15.8cm., 10 by 6¼in.
Sotheby's London, 26 April 1991, lot 111.
This portrait is possibly by the artist Ramji. For comparable works, see A. Topsfield, Paintings from Rajasthan in the National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria, 1980, nos.27 and 28. Another portrait of Madho Singh from the Stuart Cary Welch collection was sold through these rooms, 31 May 2011, lot 45.