INDIA, BASHOLI STYLE, PROBABLY MANKOT, CIRCA 1700

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A Mughal Officer, Agman Khan Smoking from a Huqqa
India, Basholi Style, probably Mankot, circa 1700
Depicting a Agman Khan seated on a blue floral carpet, dressed in a white jama and porting a sword and dagger, with two attendants beside him, within red frame border with crossed-out inscription above
Folio: 73/8 x 10¾ in. (19x 27.4 cm.)

Lot Essay

This is a rare example of Basholi style portraiture which was probably executed in the neighboring state of Mankot. Cf. W.G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973 vol. II, p. 27 no. 11 (i) for a comparable portrait of Raja Kirpal Pal of Basholi.

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