Lot Essay
INSCRIPTIONS:
On the verso in nasta'liq, jahangir
Below in Dutch Djangier, 9
On the verso in nasta'liq, jahangir
Below in Dutch Djangier, 9
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PROBABLY GOLCONDA, DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1700
Details
PORTRAIT OF THE EMPEROR JAHANGIR (D. 1627 AD)
PROBABLY GOLCONDA, DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1700
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the verso plain with identificatory inscriptions in Dutch and nasta'liq
16 7⁄8 x 10 ¾in. (43 x 27.3cm.)
PROBABLY GOLCONDA, DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1700
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the verso plain with identificatory inscriptions in Dutch and nasta'liq
16 7⁄8 x 10 ¾in. (43 x 27.3cm.)
Provenance
Anon sale, Sotheby's, London, 13/14 April 1976, lot 267 (part lot).
With Arthur Tooth & Sons, 19th July 1976
With Arthur Tooth & Sons, 19th July 1976
Exhibited
Whitechapel Art Gallery Exhibition (727.0998)
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