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A WILD BOAR HUNT<br />
UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, NORTH <strong>INDIA</strong>,<br />
CIRCA 1760-80<br />
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper,<br />
the maharaja and his companions sit within a fort,<br />
he shoots wild boars through one of the fort’s<br />
windows, a forested landscape around, his retinue<br />
with hunting dogs, horse and palanquin in the<br />
background, under a moonlit sky, with red borders<br />
and black rules, the reverse with a line of black<br />
devanagari script<br />
11√ x 18in. (30.2 x 45.5cm.)<br />
£8,000-12,000 $12,000-17,000<br />
€10,000-15,000<br />
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This painting most probably depicts a hunting<br />
expedition of Maharana Ari Singh II of Mewar<br />
(r. 1762-72). It is closely related to a further<br />
hunting scene which sold at Christie’s, London,<br />
9 October 2014, lot 155.<br />
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