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Maharaja Vijai Singh Bathes with a Woman of the Court at Nagaur Palace

India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur

ca. 1760

Not on view

Maharaja Vijai Singh of Jodhpur (r. 1752–93) stands bare-chested in an octagonal bathing pool along with eighteen women of the zenana (harem). The pool is enclosed by a white marble openwork (jali) balustrade, and the water is painted silver (now darkened with oxidization). A small marble pavilion with a sweeping roofline and richly patterned rug mark his royal seat. Singh wears a green lungi (skirt cloth) with a golden cummerbund and a dramatically large green turban, as was the Jodhpur fashion. He holds a metal syringe with which he playfully douses the women with water, recalling the annual Holi spring festival.

Maharaja Vijai Singh Bathes with a Woman of the Court at Nagaur Palace, Opaque watercolor with gold and silver on paper, India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Maharaja Vijai Singh Bathes with a Woman of the Court at Nagaur Palace

Date: ca. 1760

Culture: India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur

Medium: Opaque watercolor with gold and silver on paper

Dimensions: Image: 16 × 23 1/8 in. (40.7 × 58.7 cm)
Framed: 21 1/4 × 28 3/8 × 3/4 in. (54 × 72.1 × 1.9 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: The Howard Hodgkin Collection, on loan from the Howard Hodgkin Indian Collection Trust

Accession Number: L.2022.30.20

Rights and Reproduction: Photo © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

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