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A painted leather shield (dhal) Mewar, North India, 19th Century

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A painted leather shield (dhal) Mewar, North India, 19th Century

Item Details

Description

A painted leather shield (dhal)
Mewar, North India, 19th Century
of convex form, decorated in polychrome and gold paint with four lions hunting other animals surrounding a central portrait of Surya, mounted with four brass bosses
44 cm. diam.
Footnotes:
Provenance
The Mohammed Khalil Collection.

Published
M. K. Ibrahim, Islamic Arms and Armour, Vol. II, United Arab Emirates, 2022, p. 768, cat. no. 617.

The Sun God Surya is the insignia of the Mewar Royal Court, from whom many Rajput elders trace their lineage. This association is further alluded to within the present lot via the bosses, representing the rays of the Sun God. The depiction of Surya can be seen used on the shield of Maharana Sangam Singh II of Mewar, in the National Museum, New Delhi (Acc. No. 62.2880).
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