EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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AN INDIAN OCHRE-PAINTED MODEL OF THE QUTUB MINAR
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
In four sections, each with a balcony and arched door
113 in. (287 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The Qutb Minar, Delhi, was built 1193-1230 for Qutb-ud-din-Aibak to mark the victory of Islam over the infidel. According to the carvings that decorate the tower, it was erected 'to cast the shadow of God over both east and west'. This model of the red sandstone tower includes the top two stories which were re-built by Firoz Shah in 1288-93. The illustration shown below is from Mildred Archer, Company Painting - India Painting of the British Period, V & A India Art Series, 1992, p. 147. The painting shows the cupola added by Col. Robert Smith in 1828 which was subsequently removed by an earthquake in 1848.

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