Kota school 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. Verso: Jaipur 1789/1889; Kotah c. 1850, 600 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. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Sotheby's (New York) Theresa McCollough Gallery (opened 2000) Catherine Glynn Benkaim
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- ca. 1840
- Dates
- ca. 1840
- Format
- Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W (painting): 29.2 × 20.6 cm (11 1/2 × 8 1/8 in) H x W (overall): 31.2 × 22.8 cm (12 5/16 × 9 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- S2018.1.81
- Rights
- Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/f58117b2afa8e0b63dc5e1ea4a184b17
