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AN ALBUM PAGE WITH A PORTRAIT OF NAWAB NIZAM 'ALI KHAN AND HIS SUCCESSOR NAWAB SIKANDER JAH, NIZAM OF HYDERABAD

HYDERABAD, DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1810; THE CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL DATED AH 1231/1815-16 AD

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AN ALBUM PAGE WITH A PORTRAIT OF NAWAB NIZAM 'ALI KHAN AND HIS SUCCESSOR NAWAB SIKANDER JAH, NIZAM OF HYDERABAD
HYDERABAD, DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1810; THE CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL DATED AH 1231/1815-16 AD
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the nizam leans against a purple bolster, seated on a terrace under a marble pavilion with gold pillars, his son and successor seats before him, laid down on red card with polychrome border, the reverse with a calligraphic panel in nasta'liq script, dated AH 1236, laid down on yellow card between green borders, the two princes identified in nasta'liq script as Nawab Sikander Panah Bahadur and Nawab Nizam 'Ali Khan Bahadur
Painting 14 3/8 x 9½in. (36.6 x 24.3cm.); folio 16¼ x 11¼in. (41.3 x 28.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

Nawab Nizam 'Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, ruled over Hyderabad and the Deccan for over 40 years, from 1762 to 1803. His son and successor, Nawab Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III, ruled between 1803 and 1829. A painting depicting him giving audience to four ministers is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (IS.107-1951, Swallow, Deborah and John Guy eds, Arts of India: 1550-1900, London, 1990, cat.102, ill.120). It certainly comes from the same album as the present work and the two paintings were very probably painted by the same artist.

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