Maharaja Sultan Singh of Kapre, Bundi, North India, circa 1820,...

Maharaja Sultan Singh of Kapre, Bundi, North India, circa 1820, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, depicted kneeling and facing right with halo, reclining on a red patterned bolster cushion, wearing a striped turban set with an elaborate gem-set sarpech, a white jama, holding a flower in his right hand, in his left a spear head, a katar at his waist, sword and shield seen behind him, on the carpet before him are displayed a gun, shield and sword, gunpowder case, to reverse three lines of black text, the library stamp of the Maharaja of Bundi and a further stamp, wide red border, 31.5 x 20.6cm.

Provenance: Private London collection