Portrait of a Raja, perhaps the Thakur of Bamboli

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Kota school

• Description

  The nobleman holding the stem of a hookah in his right hand, the hilt of a sword in his left, wearing a blue jama with foliate decoration, a gold and red patka, thick pearl bracelets and a green turban with pearl strands. The gold and pearl details are in raised decoration, his emerald ring inlaid with green mica. Yellow and green ruled borders.

• Inscriptions

  Verso: Jaipur 1789/1889; Kotah c. 1850, 600

• Provenance

  1989

  Sale, New York, Sotheby’s, “Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art,” March 22, 1989, lot no. 150A: “Portrait of a Raja, Kotah”

  To 2009

  Theresa McCollough Gallery, New York

  From 2009 to 2018

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim, purchased from Theresa McCollough Gallery, New York in October 2009 [1]

  Notes:

  [1] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Sotheby's (New York)

  Theresa McCollough Gallery (opened 2000)

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim

• Origin

  Kota or Dungarpur, Rajasthan state, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1830s, 1840s

• Name

  Benkaim, Catherine Glynn, Sotheby's (New York), Theresa McCollough Gallery

• Place

  Kota, Dungarpur, Rajasthan state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Swords, Hookah, Portraits

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings