MURSHIDABAD, CIRCA 1745 AD

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'ALIVARDI KHAN AND HADJI MAHMUD
MURSHIDABAD, CIRCA 1745 AD
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, the ruler seated on a terrace with a falcon perched on his hand, with the other gentleman, an attendant standing behind him, mounted on an album leaf, inscribed in English below The great Nabob Ali Veide Khan and his brother Hadgee Mahmud, framed and glazed
Miniature 13¾ x 9¾in. (35 x 25cm.)

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Lot Essay

'Alivardi Khan arrived in Bengal in 1720 and through outstanding ability was appointed to the post of Nawab's deputy in Bihar. Through a powerful alliance with his brother he evetually acceded to the position of Nawab in 1740.
Several fine paintings of him exist, one in the Victoria and Albert Museum with his nephews and grandson.
Skelton, R.: Murshidabad Painting, Marg, X.1, 1956, pp.10-13.
Losty, J.: Towards a New Naturalism, Portraiture in Murshidabad and Avadh, 1750-80, Marg, LIII, 4, pp.34-37.

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