id:			169254
accession number:	2011.139
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.139
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:47.498000

Tiger Hunt of Raja Ram Singh II, c. 1830–1840. Northern India, Rajasthan, Kotah, 19th century. Opaque watercolor, silver and gold on paper; framed: 92.7 x 76.8 cm (36 1/2 x 30 1/4 in.); unframed: 64.8 x 48.9 cm (25 1/2 x 19 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma 2011.139

title:				Tiger Hunt of Raja Ram Singh II
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creation date:			c. 1830–1840
creation date earliest:		1825
creation date latest:		1845
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creditline:			Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma
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culture:	Northern India, Rajasthan, Kotah, 19th century
technique:	opaque watercolor, silver and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Framed: 92.7 x 76.8 cm (36 1/2 x 30 1/4 in.); Unframed: 64.8 x 48.9 cm (25 1/2 x 19 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gods, Kings and Tigers:  The Art of Kotah
	opening date:   1997-08-30T00:00:00
	<i>Gods, Kings and Tigers:  The Art of Kotah</i>. The Asia Society Museum (April 24-July 27, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 2, 2014-January 5, 2015).

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. John and Maxeen Stone Flower [1928-2010], Shaker Heights, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-2011
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2011-
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With the dramatic cliffs of Kotah as the backdrop, one massive tiger is shown at three rapidly successive moments in time. Having been lured out of the forest by the dead bull at the upper left, the king’s men drive the tiger to the riverbanks with drums, trumpets, arrows, and muskets. The king himself, Ram Singh II who ruled the small kingdom of Kotah from 1827 until 1866, is shown in the act of delivering the fatal shot from the prow of a boat, as the ladies and nobles of the court look on in admiration. The tiger sinks into the river, from where he will be retrieved and offered with all honor and ceremony to a religious leader who will see to it that the shakti, or divine creative energies embodied by the tiger, be translated into blessings and prosperity for the kingdom. This example of a ritual tiger hunt belongs to a genre known as Rajput painting, made at the courts of kingdoms in Rajasthan that were under the aegis of the Mughal empire. The establishment of court painting workshops in the Rajput kingdoms was inspired by the imperial Mughal model, but each court developed its own distinctive style.
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