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Indian Rajasthani Miniature-Style Painting – Three Horsemen on Decorated Horses
A charming and finely detailed Indian miniature-style painting on textile, depicting three horsemen riding through an idealized mountainous landscape.
The three riders are dressed in traditional Indian attire and mounted on richly decorated horses. The scene includes stylized trees, rolling hills and a striking pale rock formation in the background. The composition is surrounded by an elaborate hand-painted decorative floral and foliate border in black, gold, white and green.
The painting is executed in gouache on textile and presented in a wooden frame.
The highly detailed figures, decorated horses, stylized landscape and ornamental border are characteristic of the visual language of Rajasthani and Mughal miniature painting traditions. Comparable contemporary and vintage Indian miniature-style works are commonly offered as decorative and collectible art. Etsy
Details
- Origin: India
- Style: Rajasthani / Indian miniature style
- Subject: Three horsemen on horseback
- Medium: Gouache on textile
- Presentation: Framed
- Period: 20th century, likely later 20th century
- Frame: Wooden frame with decorative inner border
- Technique: Hand-painted
Condition
Good vintage condition overall. There are some signs of age and use to the frame and artwork, visible in the photographs.
Please examine all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the description.
Please note: this listing describes the work as Rajasthani miniature-style art rather than claiming it to be an original historic court miniature. We previously assessed that the available evidence does not justify dating it to the 18th or 19th century.
Etsy tags
Rajasthani painting
Indian miniature
Indian painting
Indian art
horse painting
horsemen art
Indian wall art
gouache painting
textile painting
vintage Indian art
Rajasthan art
Asian wall art
miniature art