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BANI THANI🕉️

The original artwork(1750) is from the Kishangarh school of art, which is notable for its elongated style, with "arched eyebrows, lotus-like elongated eyes and pointed chin".

This was revered to be the ideal facial form.

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2022-11-23

idealized beauty?
painting rendered in Kishangarh style lot214
eyes made it distinct & that's unique of Kishangarh

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2022-07-20

Captain Mir Mansab Ali ,my Nana s/o Mir Alam Ali , commander and personal physician of Maharaja Yagnarayan Singh and then custodian of his adopted son Minor Sumair Singh later Maharaja of Princely State of Kishangarh Rajasthan. He migrated in 1947 with family

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2022-06-20

A bony ascetic (?) preparing bhang, seated in a landscape, a parrot perched on his turban
Kishangarh c.1780. pic courtesy Bonhams

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2020-02-09

From 1739 rare painting by Savant Singh aka Nagari Das's Ruler of who gave up his throne, retired to with his beautiful consort, poetess aka Rasik Bihari to write poetry. 'BanThan' even today means impeccably dressed.

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2019-07-31