- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2009.202.102
- People
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Unknown Artist
- Title
- Equestrian Portrait of a Kota Prince
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c. 1740
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/217515
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; Rajput Style, Kota School
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 19.8 cm (10 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
- Provenance
- Stuart Cary Welch (by 1969 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.
Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1969. - Acquisition and Rights
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- 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
- 2009.202.102
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- The drawing depicts a young Kota prince mounted on a horse. His royal status is denoted by the large plume in his turban. Due to the lack of facial hair, which is traditionally worn by Kota rulers, the figure is most likely a prince. He carries a variety of weapons and armor: a shield against his back, a punch-dagger (katar) tucked in his waist sash (patka), a quiver full of arrows, and a sword that peeks out from behind the quiver. Rajput Style, Kota School.
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