ID 1178259
Lot 90 | A BLACKBUCK AND A COURT SCENE
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1800
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on card, the recto depicting a blackbuck in a verdant landscape, set within orange rules, the inner borders with black nasta'liq calligraphy reserved against gold ground with floral arabesque, the dusty blue outer border with gold stencilled floral meander, the broad margins decorated with large naturalistic flowering plants, the verso depicting a court scene, with columns of black nasta'liq calligraphy to left and right, the blue border with gold stencilled floral meander, the margins with gold stencilled flowering plants
Recto painting 8 ¼ x 5 1⁄8in. (21.1 x 13cm.); verso painting 11 1⁄8 x 6 7⁄8in. (28.2 x 17.6cm.); folio 15 ¼ x 10 3⁄8in. (38.9 x 26.5cm.)
Inscribed
The painting of the blackbuck on the recto is ascribed amal-e Ustad Mansur Jahangir Shahi
The court scene on the verso is ascribed amal-e Aga Reza
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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