A portrait of a dandy standing at a window wearing a blue European-style hat and an embroidered tunic tied with a striped patka, and holding a cane
Bundi, mid-18th Century
Bundi, mid-18th Century
gouache and gold on paper, in a painted oval, mounted on an 18th Century Mughal album page with gilt-sprinkled borders, verso a page of nasta'liq calligraphy, in mount
album page 322 x 230 mm.
album page 322 x 230 mm.
Sold for
£1,440
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The text on the reverse is a story relating to Shaykh Abu Sa'id Abi'l-Khayr and quotations from the poetry of Amir Khusraw Dehlavi.
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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