MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1710

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A YOUNG PRINCE USURPING THE THRONE
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1710
From a poetical romance relating to Shah 'Alam I, opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, depicting a young prince lifting an elder king from his throne and ready to throw him to the floor, his horse posted on the foreground, watched by a crowd of armed noblemen brandishing their swords in an agressive manner, the scene set in the courtyard of a palace, the silver walls with cusped niches and gold floral decoration, laid down on salmon cardboard, the reverse with a panel of silhouette lions and deer against a pink-speckled background, each animal outlined in gold, with gold floral sprays and garlands outlined in black between, with gilt floral borders, the painting with minor rubbing, waterstaining to the upper margin, some wormholing to the borders, otherwise in very good condition
Painting 12¼ x 8½in. (31 x 21.6cm.); page 16 x 10½in. (40.6 x 27.3cm.)

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, 22 March 1989, lot 66

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Sale room notice

Please note that this album page should be attributed to Mughal India, circa 1710. This painting, as well as lot 132 in this sale are from a series of illustrations to a poetical romance relating to Shah 'Alam I.

Lot Essay

The reverse of this album page is decorated with the same stencil used for the panel on the reverse of lot 131 in this sale. They very probably come from the same workshop and the two pages possibly from the same album.

This painting is from a series of illustrations to a poetical romance relating to Shah 'Alam I. Other pages from this album were sold at Sotheby's, New York, 17 March 1988 lots 326-329.

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