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A PORTRAIT OF RAO RAJA BHAIRON SINGH OF SIKAR BY BHURA JAIPUR, SIKAR, CIRCA 1860 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper with applied seed pearls and glass beads; inscribed on top border in nagari translated as 'Maharaja Bhairon Singh of Sikar' and inscribed on lower border in nagari translated as 'Work of painter Bhura' Image: 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (24.1 x 17.1 cm); Folio: 11 1/4 x 8 1/3 in. (28.6 x 21.1 cm) Footnotes: Another portrait of Bhairo(n) Singh (r. 1851-61), by the Jaipur artist Baldev, has an equally lavish use of gold to highlight the architecture (Francesca Galloway, Asia Week New York, 2014, no. 28). For two others misidentified as Maharoa Sheodan Singh of Alwar, see Losty, Indian Miniatures from the James Ivory Collection, 2010, nos. 48 & 49. Provenance Ellsworth F. Bunker (1894 –1984) Private American Collection For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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A PORTRAIT OF RAO RAJA BHAIRON SINGH OF SIKAR BY BHURA JAIPUR, SIKAR, CIRCA 1860 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper with applied seed pearls and glass beads; inscribed on top border in nagari translated as 'Maharaja Bhairon Singh of Sikar' and inscribed on lower border in nagari translated as 'Work of painter Bhura' Image: 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (24.1 x 17.1 cm); Folio: 11 1/4 x 8 1/3 in. (28.6 x 21.1 cm) Footnotes: Another portrait of Bhairo(n) Singh (r. 1851-61), by the Jaipur artist Baldev, has an equally lavish use of gold to highlight the architecture (Francesca Galloway, Asia Week New York, 2014, no. 28). For two others misidentified as Maharoa Sheodan Singh of Alwar, see Losty, Indian Miniatures from the James Ivory Collection, 2010, nos. 48 & 49. Provenance Ellsworth F. Bunker (1894 –1984) Private American Collection For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing