Lot Essay
For a discussion of contemporaneous paintings from Kashmir please see Leach, Linda: "Painting in Kashmir from 1600 to 1650", Facets of Indian Art, London, 1986, pp.124-131.
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PROBABLY KASHMIR, CIRCA 1640
Details
THREE MEN GREETING A PRINCE
Probably Kashmir, circa 1640
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a young prince stands by a fountain in a garden with a pet sheep, a bearded mullah and two younger scholars stand by him, verso with seal impression of Lt. Col. R.K. .a......., Akbarpur
Miniature 3¾ x 6 7/8in. (9.5 x 16.8cm.)
Probably Kashmir, circa 1640
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a young prince stands by a fountain in a garden with a pet sheep, a bearded mullah and two younger scholars stand by him, verso with seal impression of Lt. Col. R.K. .a......., Akbarpur
Miniature 3¾ x 6 7/8in. (9.5 x 16.8cm.)
Provenance
Nowlakah, Calcutta, 1967
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