MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

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GURU TEG BAHADUR, THE NINTH SIKH GURU
MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a single turbanned figure wearing elegant white robes with floral illumination stands on a grassy knoll at sunset, one hand holds a small jewel, the other rests on the hilt of a katar, a long sword also hangs from his belt, laid down within gold illuminated cream borders, small areas of staining, mounted
Miniature 8 x 4½in. (20.2 x 11.4cm.); folio 10 1/8 x 6 5/8in. (25.3 x 16.6cm.)

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Lot Essay

Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru (1621-75, Guru between 1664-75), was executed on the orders of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzab in Delhi in 1675.

A Mughal school portrait of Guru Teg Bahadur is published in Kerry Brown (ed.), Sikh Art and Literature, London and New York, 1999, pl.5.

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