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MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Details
A MUGHAL OFFICER
MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Opaque and transparent pigments on paper heightened with gold, standing facing right, his hands rest on the hilt of his sword and his katar, he wears a white jama and turban, laid down on pink card within gold and black rules, old devanagari number on reverse
10 ¼ x 6 7/8in. (26.3 x 17.5cm.)
MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Opaque and transparent pigments on paper heightened with gold, standing facing right, his hands rest on the hilt of his sword and his katar, he wears a white jama and turban, laid down on pink card within gold and black rules, old devanagari number on reverse
10 ¼ x 6 7/8in. (26.3 x 17.5cm.)
Provenance
From a Greek private collection
The following two lots as well as lots 38, 41, 123 and 134, come from a Private Greek Collection. The present owner inherited them in 1965 from his uncle, Mr. Kleon Kittas. Kittas spent much of the early part of the 20th century in India. He was reported to have been an advisor on western art to several royal collectors there and to have received these paintings from a royal patron as a token of thanks for his curatorial services. His fne Mughal copy of Nizami’s Khamsa sold at Christie’s King Street, 9 October 2014, lot 140 together with a copy of Jami’s Yusuf wa Zulaykha, lot 141 in that same sale. For other Mughal paintings from this collection, see Christie’s, 8 October 2015, lots 159 to 165.
The following two lots as well as lots 38, 41, 123 and 134, come from a Private Greek Collection. The present owner inherited them in 1965 from his uncle, Mr. Kleon Kittas. Kittas spent much of the early part of the 20th century in India. He was reported to have been an advisor on western art to several royal collectors there and to have received these paintings from a royal patron as a token of thanks for his curatorial services. His fne Mughal copy of Nizami’s Khamsa sold at Christie’s King Street, 9 October 2014, lot 140 together with a copy of Jami’s Yusuf wa Zulaykha, lot 141 in that same sale. For other Mughal paintings from this collection, see Christie’s, 8 October 2015, lots 159 to 165.