Untitled

Unknown

dateable to 1714 · Opaque watercolor on paper · Asian Art

In this drawingt, which combines aerial and linear perspectives, Maharaja Raj Singh of Sawar (r. 1705–30) receives a yogi on the terrace of his private garden. Both men are flanked by attendants. The lower half of the composition shows an enclosed garden organized on a grid plan, with a central fountain from which assorted birds drink. Each plot is planted with a different species of tree and populated by a miscellany of birds.

Artist

Unknown

Date

dateable to 1714

Medium

Opaque watercolor on paper

Culture

India, Sawar, Rajasthan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Howard Hodgkin Collection, Purchase, Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, by exchange, 2022