Delhi School, North India, Circa 1800
Portrait Of The Mughal Emperor Humayun
Found at
Christies,
London
Arts & Textiles of the Islamic & Indian Worlds, Lot 608
11. Oct - 11. Oct 2013
Arts & Textiles of the Islamic & Indian Worlds, Lot 608
11. Oct - 11. Oct 2013
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 875 GBP
Price realised: 875 GBP
Description
PORTRAIT OF THE MUGHAL EMPEROR HUMAYUN
DELHI SCHOOL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800
Transparent pigments and gold on paper, standing, facing left, crowned, his right hand holds a sarpech whilst his left rests on his sword, a balustrade and landscape in the background, on cream card between gold and blue borders, the reverse with identification inscription in black nasta'liq script reading "Nasir al-Din Muhammad Humayun Padshah Ghazi"
Painting 9 x 5 3/8in. (23 x 13.7cm.); folio 12 x 8¼in. (30.4 x 20.9cm.)
DELHI SCHOOL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800
Transparent pigments and gold on paper, standing, facing left, crowned, his right hand holds a sarpech whilst his left rests on his sword, a balustrade and landscape in the background, on cream card between gold and blue borders, the reverse with identification inscription in black nasta'liq script reading "Nasir al-Din Muhammad Humayun Padshah Ghazi"
Painting 9 x 5 3/8in. (23 x 13.7cm.); folio 12 x 8¼in. (30.4 x 20.9cm.)
