Sale 5566
London, South Kensington
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14 October 2005
Price realised
GBP 1,200
Estimate
PORTRAIT OF A RULER, MUGHAL, 18TH CENTURY Gouache heightened with gold on paper laid down on an album page, the elderly man kneeling on a terrace in contemplation passing beads through his fingers, wearing an archers ring on his right thumb, 4ll. of nasta'liq to the reverse, mounted, framed and glazed -- 10¼in. (26cm.)
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