Portrait of Manawar Khan of Kurnool

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Portrait of Manawar Khan of Kurnool
gouache heightened with gold on paper, seated in a red chair on a terrace the noble wears gold robes and holds a rose in his right hand, a chauri bearer stands behind, Persian inscription above, yellow leaf with black rules, mounted, (some damages and wear), Kurnool, Deccan, 19th century - 10½ x 7½in. (26.7 x 19cm.); the worship of Sri Nathji, the deity's shrine attended by two priests, silver border, blue leaf, probably Jaipur, 19th century - 25.3 x 17.7cm.; a woman on horseback, wearing orange, on a white horse, holding a hawk, yellow border, orange leaf - 41 x 26.5cm.; two pictures of a noble with two ladies, red leaf, both mounted - 16.5 x 12cm.; angels visiting an ascetic, another ascetic on a hilltop behind, yellow margin, orange leaf - 31.6 x 21.2cm.; and two smaller showing a standing lady and a seated male ascetic - larger 12.7 x 7.5cm.
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Lot Essay

The inscription on the first painting reads ...sahib(?).. manawar khan bahdaur 'ilaqadar qamar nagar 'arafa kurnul ast, (... Manawar Khan, Ilaqadar of Qamar, known as Kurnool). The Ilaqadar was the official responsible for collecting rates and taxes and this portrait is probably of Manawar Khan II who ruled from 1815 to 1823. (Zebrowski, M.: Deccani Painting London 1983, pp.272-3.)

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