Maharana Sangram Singh meeting a woman, India, Rajasthan, Mewar, ca. 1730 Pigments and gold on paper depicting on a terrace the Maharana Sangram Singh wearing a red headdress and a long white pleated jama, a wide golden belt with floral decoration tied around his waist into which a katar has been slipped. In his right hand, he is holding the pipe of a huqqa carried by a courtesan and a bouquet of pink lotuses that he is about to offer to his beloved, who is facing him in a beautiful white dress with floral decoration, her head draped with a yellow veil. Around him, several courtesans carrying the couple's accessories, dishes or fly swatters to fan them. Red frame inscribed in black ink in the upper part of a nagari line. Dim. page at sight : 37,5 x 28,4 cm ; painting at sight : 20,2 x 12,9 cm Some polychromy jumps, stains, three holes, slight tear in the upper border. Provenance: - Christie's London, October 23, 2007, lot 322. - Former Italian private collection - Probably Royal Collection of Mewar A famous equestrian portrait of the Maharana is in the Khalili Collection in London (MSS 965). Maharana Sangram Singh with women, India, Rajasthan, Mewar, c. 1730 Private collection in Paris from 1975 to 2000 - first part (lots 120 to 173).