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Shri Govindji (murti). Jaipur. Circa 1850. 37cm by 27cm. Ref.PG3a

Depicting murti (icon) Shri Govindji, rescued from Mathura by Sawat Jai Singh after it came under threat from iconoclast Emperor Aurangzeb. Sawai Jai Singh initially installed the murti at Amber before building Jaipur.