A RULER RECIEVING COURTIERS IN DURBAR THE PAINTING MUGHAL INDIA,...
A RULER RECIEVING COURTIERS IN DURBAR
THE PAINTING MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1600-10; THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED AHMAD AL-HUSSAYNI AL-MASHHADI, SAFAVID IRAN, CIRCA 1550-1580
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the Emperor Jahangir sits cross-legged on a gold bed beneath a canopy, receiving a petition by a courtier, further courtiers and attendants stand around, inscription along upper border laid down between gold rules and gold illuminated blue borders on gold-floral cream margins, the reverse with 6ll. nasta'liq, signed Ahmad al-Husayni al-Mashhadi, areas of repainting
Painting 7³⁄₈ x 4in. (18.7 x 10cm.); folio 14³⁄₄ x 10in. (37.5 x 25.5cm.)
Provenance
Private Swiss collection by 1981 and thence by descent until moved to London, 1999, and thence by descent
Literature
Shabih-i hazrat-i jannat ashiyani sultan muhammad salim jahangir padshah, ‘Likeness of his paradise-dwelling highness, Sultan Muhammad Salim Jahangir Padshah’
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A RULER RECIEVING COURTIERS IN DURBAR
THE PAINTING MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1600-10; THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED AHMAD AL-HUSSAYNI AL-MASHHADI, SAFAVID IRAN, CIRCA 1550-1580
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the Emperor Jahangir sits cross-legged on a gold bed beneath a canopy, receiving a petition by a courtier, further courtiers and attendants stand around, inscription along upper border laid down between gold rules and gold illuminated blue borders on gold-floral cream margins, the reverse with 6ll. nasta'liq, signed Ahmad al-Husayni al-Mashhadi, areas of repainting
Painting 7³⁄₈ x 4in. (18.7 x 10cm.); folio 14³⁄₄ x 10in. (37.5 x 25.5cm.)
Provenance
Private Swiss collection by 1981 and thence by descent until moved to London, 1999, and thence by descent
Literature
Shabih-i hazrat-i jannat ashiyani sultan muhammad salim jahangir padshah, ‘Likeness of his paradise-dwelling highness, Sultan Muhammad Salim Jahangir Padshah’
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Time, Location
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