Manik Prahbu Maharaj, illuminated painting on card, Sikh influences [India (possibly Rajasthan), last quarter of nineteenth century]

Manik Prahbu Maharaj, illuminated painting on card, Sikh influences [India (possibly Rajasthan), last quarter of nineteenth century]

single leaf, gouache on card, heightened in gilt, depicting the Maharaja seated on a carpet with a female devotee in waiting, upper edges of image rather creased with chips to paint, framed in blue and gilt border, upper edge of image cropped, 180 by 160 mm.; mounted on paper, tipped onto modern card mount

Provenance: From a private northern English collection.

Illustration: Manik Prahbu Maharaj (1817-1865) was a Hindu saint and guru whose philosophies, known as the Sakalamata Siddhanta, advocated the unity of all religions. He had both Hindi and Muslim devotees and his teachings were copied in Marathi, Kannada, Hindi, Urdi and Sanskrit.