We use cookies to remember choices you make on functionality and personal features to enhance your experience to our site.
By continuing to use our site you consent to the use of cookies. Please refer to our
privacy
and cookie policies for more information.
Tassuduque Sohail (Pakistan, b. 1930) A prince reciting poetry, accompanied by courtiers
oil on canvas, framed 66 x 51 cm.
Footnotes
Provenance: Mr. Nawab Ameer Temour.
If the Mughals were renowned for their obsessions with gardens, they were equally well-known for their passion for poetry. A nobleman's education was not complete if it did not prepare him to appreciate fine verse. As a sign of cultivation, he was even expected to compose and recite it skilfully. This charming work portrays a young prince walking in a well-manicured garden accompanied by four courtiers. He is holding a book of verse, which he may well have penned himself, and is reciting from it. We can tell he is doing so because the fourth member of his audience is shushing the other three into silence by placing his right index finger upon his lips, as if he is saying to them, 'Listen carefully'. For good measure, Sohail adds a pair of kites in the blue sky and a cat chasing a bird on the ground.
This sale is now finished. If you are interested in consigning in future sales, please contact the specialist department. If you have queries about lots purchased in this sale, please contact customer services.
Buyers' Obligations
ALL BIDDERS MUST AGREE THAT THEY HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD BONHAMS' CONDITIONS OF SALE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM, AND AGREE TO PAY THE BUYER'S PREMIUM AND ANY OTHER CHARGES MENTIONED IN THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS. THIS AFFECTS THE BIDDERS LEGAL RIGHTS.
If you have any complaints or questions about the Conditions of Sale, please contact your nearest customer services team.
Buyers' Premium and Charges
For all Sales categories, buyer's premium excluding Cars, Motorbikes, Wine, Whisky and Coin & Medal sales, will be as follows:
Buyer's Premium Rates 27.5% on the first £10,000 of the hammer price; 25% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £10,000 up to and including £450,000; 20% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £450,000 up to and including £4,500,000; and 14.5% of the hammer price of any amounts in excess of £4,500,000.
VAT at the current rate of 20% will be added to the Buyer's Premium and charges excluding Artists Resale Right.
Payment Notices
For payment information please refer to the sale catalog.
Shipping Notices
For information and estimates on domestic and international shipping as well as export licenses please contact Bonhams Shipping Department.
