2009.202.160: Matchlock Gun (Torador)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.202.160

Title

Matchlock Gun (Torador)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th century

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/217278

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Opaque watercolor on paper; Rajput Style, Kota School.

Dimensions

7.8 x 24.2 cm (3 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Stuart Cary Welch (by 1973 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1973.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch

Accession Year

2009

Object Number

2009.202.160

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Filling the page fragment is a matchlock gun. The long stock features small silvery flowers near its extended breech, here painted dark gray. The match, which rests on top of the breech, would be ignited to set off the mechanism, which then fires the gun. The top of the long barrel is painted light gray and is decorated with flowers and other patterns. It has a decorative muzzle also painted in light gray. Such matchlocks were intended for hunting, and were made for aristocratic clientele. Rajput Style, Kota School.

Exhibition History

• The Sport of Kings: Art of the Hunt in Iran and India, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/22/2005 - 06/26/2005

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