THE BORDERS BIJAPUR OR GOLCONDA, DECCAN, CIRCA 1600

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PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL COURTIER
THE BORDERS BIJAPUR OR GOLCONDA, DECCAN, CIRCA 1600
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the courtier stands by a floral bank, a shield, katar and tulwar at his waist, laid down within a minor calligraphic border on wide black margins finely decorated with gold scrolling, flowering vine, laid down on card, later owner's marks on the reverse, mounted
Painting 4 1/8 x 2 3/8in. (10.6 x 6.1cm.); folio 8 5/8 x 6¼in. (21.9 x 15.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

A calligraphic album page with almost identical gold margins was sold at Christie’s, New York, 12 September 2012, lot 612. A page with similar margins employing the same stencil technique is in the Kronos Collections in New York (Navina Najat Haidar and Marika Sardar, Sultans of Deccan India: 1500-1700 Opulence and Fantasy, Exhibition Catalogue, New York, 2015, cat.105, p.212).

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