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Lot 139

Bahadur Shah, later the Emperor Shah 'Alam I (reg. 1707-12), seated on a terrace
Mughal, late 17th/early 18th Century

11 June 2020, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,437.50 inc. premium

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Bahadur Shah, later the Emperor Shah 'Alam I (reg. 1707-12), seated on a terrace
Mughal, late 17th/early 18th Century

gouache and gold on paper, blue floral inner border, brown outer border
225 x 255 mm.

Footnotes

There is a very similar portrait in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, from an album of likenesses of Indian rulers, circa 1670, which is identified as probably Shah 'Alam I, pictured before his accession.

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