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AN UNUSUAL CARVED IVORY GROUP
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AN UNUSUAL CARVED IVORY GROUP

MUGHAL DELHI, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL CARVED IVORY GROUP
Mughal Delhi, early 19th century
Depicting the seated emperor Akbar II (r.1806-1837) enthroned holding the stem of a hookah, an attendant at each side, faced by a bowing supplicant with a further attendant at one side and an official of the East India Company at the other, all on a raised square velvet covered platform with pierced balustrade, two attendant figures standing flanking the entrance, velvet covered stand, one attendant figure sword damaged
8 5/8in. (22.1cm.) wide
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A number of miniatures are known depicting durbars of the emperor Akbar II, many of which, like the present carving, also include British emissaries (see for example Christie's New York, Indian and South east Asian Art, 21 March 2001, lot 203; the note to that entry lists a number of other examples). The present carving however seems to be a rare work transferring the idea into a three dimensional composition.