Raja Umed Singh and his minister, Zalim Singh, shooting wild boar
Kotah, attributed to Sheikh Taju, circa 1780brush, blue ink and black chalk over red ink, on paper
324 x 527 mm.注脚Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Sven Gahlin, acquired in 1997.

For a large, extensive hunting scene featuring Umed Singh and Zalim Singh, attributed to Sheikh Taju (who appears to have been trained in imperial Mughal workshops before starting his career at Kotah), see S. C. Welch, Gods, Kings and Tigers: the Art of Kotah, New York 1997, pp. 166-169, no. 45; and for Sheikh Taju in general, pp. 110-170. For a brief summary of the remarkable career of Zalim Singh and his relations with Umed Singh, see M. C. Beach, Rajput Painting at Bundi and Kota, Ascona 1974, pp. 36-37.