THE DIFFERENT STAGES IN A PUNDIT'S LIFE
Mewar, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century

THE DIFFERENT STAGES IN A PUNDIT'S LIFE
Mewar, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century

Opaque pigments and ink heightened with gold on wove paper, the large horizontal-format composition presenting a chronological narrative outlining the different phases in the life of a pundit, from its early days as a student listening to his mentor and performing daily rites and chores (foreground), all the way to becoming himself a teacher and guru for a local ruler (upper right corner), the pupils in the lower right corner holding books inscribed in black ink Devanagari script reading 'Sri Ram ji', possibly a reference to the Ramanandi Sampradaya, one of the largest and most egalitarian Hindu sects India, on the top of the composition a rectangular cartouche with a line of black ink Devanagari script against an ochre yellow ground, set within black rules, and yellow and red borders, the reverse plain, 25.6cm x 41.5cm.

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Dimensions: 25.6cm x 41.5cm