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Noah's Ark

細節

Noah's Ark
gouache heightened with gold on paper in low relief, in Mughal style, the crowded boat with three stories full of animals and birds, sails across the ocean, infested with fantastical creatures, while the sailors go about their chores and rescue a man falling overboard, russet and gold meandering vine border within gold and white margins, orange leaf, India, by R. Sharma, 20th century - 18½ x 14¼in. (47 x 36.5cm.)

出版

Okada,A.: Indian Miniatures of the Mughal Court, New York 1992, p.136. fig.151
Beach,M.C.: The Imperial Image. Paintings for the Mughal Court, Washington 1981, p.60, cat.no.13

拍品專文

This is an almost exact copy of a painting ascribed to Mishkin, circa 1590, in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington.

Another painting by the same artist was sold at Christie's King Street, 19 October 1993, lot 1 and the two following lots are also by him.