TWO ILLUSTRATIONS OF SECULAR AND DIVINE RULERS FROM A DISPERSED INDIAN MANUSCRIPT
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Possibly Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century

Opaque pigments and ink heightened with silver on paper, comprising a portrait of a white-bearded ruler flanked by two attendants, the one on the right holding a morchal (peacock feather whisk), with a line of black ink Devanagari script at the top and 11ll. of text on the reverse, 15cm x 12cm; and a portrait of a blue-skinned ruler, possibly representing Krishna or a divine entity, wearing a tall silver crown, with a line of black ink Devanagari script at the top and 11ll. of text within red rules on the reverse, 15cm x 12cm, each illustration set on a modern card mount lined in olive green cotton, 32cm x 28cm including the mount.