Lot 269
An illustration from a dispersed manuscript of the Razmnama Mughal, 1616-17
25 October 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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An illustration from a dispersed manuscript of the Razmnama
Mughal, 1616-17
Mughal, 1616-17
gouache and gold on paper, a section from another painting pasted down on to the illustration, margin rules in gold and blue, verso 24 lines of Persian text written in naskhi script in black ink, inner margins ruled in blue and gold
229 x 225 mm.
229 x 225 mm.
Footnotes
This painting derives from a dispersed manuscript of the Razmnama, the Persian translation of the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. The Mughals produced various copies: the original was commissioned by the Emperor Akbar in 1582. Other versions were produced in 1598 and 1605. The manuscript from which this illustration and text derives was dated AH 1025/AD 1616-17, and was commissioned by 'Abd al-Rahim, a literary connoisseur and general of the Mughal armies from 1584.
Other leaves from this manuscript are in the collection of E. Binney III (see Indian Miniature Painting from the Collection of Edwin Binney III: The Mughal and Deccani Schools, Portland, Oregon 1973, pp. 60-61, no. 35); also S. C. Welch, The Art of Mughal India, New York 1963, pl. 33, p. 74. Other examples appeared at Sotheby's, Arts of the Islamic World, 7th October 2015, lots 277 and 278.