DELHI, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1800

Details

AN ALBUM PAGE: NOBLEMEN AND DERVISHES ENJOYING MUSIC
DELHI, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1800
Ink, transparent pigments and gold on paper, a seated noble with a brown turban, possibly Emperor Jahangir, holds a rebab, seated around him are another mughal noble wearing a white turban and three dervishes, a young prince holds a gold bottle and cup, they are seated on a terrace, a tree with birds in the background, laid down on card with fine floral borders, the reverse plain
Painting 6.7/8 x 4.1/4in. (17.4 x 10.8cm.); page 13.1/4 x 9.1/4in. (33.7 x 23.5cm.)

Special notice

These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

This album page probably comes from the same album as a portrait of a Mughal Prince that sold at Christie's South Kensington, 7 October 2013, lot 271. Five other pages from this album sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 October 2012, lots 85 to 89. They are copies of works by Mughal masters such as Manohar, Govardhan, Bichitr and Nanha which were prepared for an imperial album of Shah Jahan, known as the Kevorkian Album and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. They were in the Collection of William Fraser(1784-1835) who acquired them after arriving in India in 1802.

More from Arts & Textiles of the Islamic and Indian Worlds

View All