Six Portraits of Mughal EmperorsDeccan, Hyderabad, probably late 19th Century

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Six Portraits of Mughal Emperors Deccan, Hyderabad, probably late 19th Century

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Six Portraits of Mughal Emperors
Deccan, Hyderabad, probably late 19th Century
gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting Alamgir, Bahadur Shah, Shah Alam, Sultan Farukhsiyar and two of Rafi' ad-Daulah, each seated in a low throne on a terrace with flowering trees behind, idenitified above in Persian and English, blue and gold meandering vine borders, gold leaf, panel to verso of each with red and black nasta'liq inscriptions - 29.8 x 19cm.
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Compare to similar sets of paintings illustrated in A. G. Poster, Realms of Heroism; Indian Paintings at the Brooklyn Museum, 1994, pl. 80 - 81, 89 - 90 that the author has categorised as Deccan, Hyderabad 1875 - 1900.

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