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MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1640-50
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TULIPS AND AN IRIS
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1640-50
Opaque pigments on paper, laid down on pink borders, reverse plain with several imperial Mughal seal impressions from the reigns of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb dated 1652-63
Painting 10 3⁄8 x 6 3⁄8 in. (26.4 x 16.1cm.); folio 12 5⁄8 x 7 7⁄8 in. (32.1 x 20.1cm.)
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1640-50
Opaque pigments on paper, laid down on pink borders, reverse plain with several imperial Mughal seal impressions from the reigns of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb dated 1652-63
Painting 10 3⁄8 x 6 3⁄8 in. (26.4 x 16.1cm.); folio 12 5⁄8 x 7 7⁄8 in. (32.1 x 20.1cm.)
Provenance
William Dent (1761-1833) or his brother John Dent, Bengal, India and England
By descent to Sir Annesley Wilkinson Robert Dent C.B. (1895-1983)
Sotheby's London, An Interesting Collection of Oriental Miniatures, The Property of Sir A.W. Robert Dent, 11 April 1972, lot 41
By descent to Sir Annesley Wilkinson Robert Dent C.B. (1895-1983)
Sotheby's London, An Interesting Collection of Oriental Miniatures, The Property of Sir A.W. Robert Dent, 11 April 1972, lot 41
Literature
A. Welch and S.C. Welch, Arts of the Islamic Book - The Collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Ithaca, 1982, no.72, pp.217-20
S.C. Welch, India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, New York, 1985, no.161, pp.245-7, and publicity poster
B. Goswamy and E. Fischer, Wonders of a Golden Age, Zurich, 1987, no.29, pp.74-5
P. Pal et al., The Romance of the Taj Mahal, Los Angeles and London, 1989, no.99, p.103
Darshan, In the Company of Saints, The Unstruck Sound, No.73, April 1993, p.47
R. Nath, History of Mughal Architecture, vol. Ill, New Delhi, 1994, fig.5, p.145 and back cover
S. Canby, Princes, Poets and Paladins, London, 1998, no.107, pp.144-5
S. Canby, Der Glanz des Orients, Zurich, 1998, no.21, pp.68-9
S. Canby, Princes, Poètes et Paladins, Geneva, 1999, no.107, pp.144-5
Z. Ziad (ed.), The Magnificent Mughals, Oxford and Karachi, 2002, fig.35, p.175
C. Adle, I. Habib, K. Baipakov, UNESCO History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume V, Development in contrast: from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, Paris, 2003, pp.599-600, fig.15
S. Makariou (ed.), Chefs-d'oeuvre islamiques de l'Aga Khan Museum, Paris, 2007, cat.9, pp.40-1
Graves, Margaret S. et al. Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum - Arts of the Book & Calligraphy. Istanbul, 2011. no.157, p.345
B. Goswamy, The Spirit of Indian Painting, London, 2016, pp.334-7
L. Anvar, Leyli et Majnûn de Jâmi, illustré par les miniatures d'Orient, Paris, 2021, p.120
S.C. Welch, India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, New York, 1985, no.161, pp.245-7, and publicity poster
B. Goswamy and E. Fischer, Wonders of a Golden Age, Zurich, 1987, no.29, pp.74-5
P. Pal et al., The Romance of the Taj Mahal, Los Angeles and London, 1989, no.99, p.103
Darshan, In the Company of Saints, The Unstruck Sound, No.73, April 1993, p.47
R. Nath, History of Mughal Architecture, vol. Ill, New Delhi, 1994, fig.5, p.145 and back cover
S. Canby, Princes, Poets and Paladins, London, 1998, no.107, pp.144-5
S. Canby, Der Glanz des Orients, Zurich, 1998, no.21, pp.68-9
S. Canby, Princes, Poètes et Paladins, Geneva, 1999, no.107, pp.144-5
Z. Ziad (ed.), The Magnificent Mughals, Oxford and Karachi, 2002, fig.35, p.175
C. Adle, I. Habib, K. Baipakov, UNESCO History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume V, Development in contrast: from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, Paris, 2003, pp.599-600, fig.15
S. Makariou (ed.), Chefs-d'oeuvre islamiques de l'Aga Khan Museum, Paris, 2007, cat.9, pp.40-1
Graves, Margaret S. et al. Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum - Arts of the Book & Calligraphy. Istanbul, 2011. no.157, p.345
B. Goswamy, The Spirit of Indian Painting, London, 2016, pp.334-7
L. Anvar, Leyli et Majnûn de Jâmi, illustré par les miniatures d'Orient, Paris, 2021, p.120
Exhibited
Arts of the Islamic Book, Asia Society, New York; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; Nelson-Atkins Gallery, Kansas City, 1982-3
Masters of the Brush: Paintings and Manuscripts from the Collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984
India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985
Wonders of a Golden Age, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 1987
The Romance of the Taj Mahal, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Toledo Museum of Art; Virginia Museum of Arts, Richmond, VA; Asia Society, New York, 1989
Princes, Poets and Paladins, British Museum, London; Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University; Rietberg Museum, Zurich; Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva, 1998-9
Chefs-d'oeuvre islamiques de l'Aga Khan Museum, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2007
Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum - Arts of the Book & Calligraphy, Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul, 2010-11
Masters of the Brush: Paintings and Manuscripts from the Collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984
India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985
Wonders of a Golden Age, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 1987
The Romance of the Taj Mahal, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Toledo Museum of Art; Virginia Museum of Arts, Richmond, VA; Asia Society, New York, 1989
Princes, Poets and Paladins, British Museum, London; Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University; Rietberg Museum, Zurich; Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva, 1998-9
Chefs-d'oeuvre islamiques de l'Aga Khan Museum, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2007
Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum - Arts of the Book & Calligraphy, Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul, 2010-11
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