A HORSE AND THREE GROOMS

Lot 94
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Lot 94 | A HORSE AND THREE GROOMS
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£ 300 000 – 500 000
A HORSE AND THREE GROOMS

ATTRIBUTED TO MUKHLIS, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1575-90

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid down between gold, black and blue rules and plain paper margins, black ink inscriptions in the upper and lower margin, the reverse with Mughal Royal Library inspection notes, ownership seals and further inscriptions in black and red ink

Painting 6 3/8 x 9 ¼in. (16.3 x 23.5cm.); folio 7 7/8 x 10 ¾in. (19.9 x 27cm.)





Provenance

Mughal library notes, from Jahangir's reign:

Inspected in the month of Khurdad in regnal year 8 (1613) and on 20 Shahriwar of regnal year 10 (1615).

Mughal library notes, from Shah Jahan's reign:

Recorded as re-entering the Mughal collection from the possession of 'Abd al-Rahim Khan-khanan and entrusted to the care of Muhammad Sharif, 5 Ramadan regnal year 15 (1641)

Entrusted to the care of Shams al-Din, 21 Sha'ban of regnal year 18 (1644)

Inspected on 22 Rabi' al-Thani of regnal year 24 (1651)

Entrusted to the care of La'l on 2 Dhu'l-Hijja of regnal year 29 (1655)

Mughal library notes, from Augrangzeb's reign:

Inspected on 22 Rajab 1069 (1659), accompanied by the seal impression of 'Azizullah, using a Shah Jahani epiphet

Seal impression of Sayyid 'Ali al-Husayni dated AH 1075/1664-65 AD

Entrusted to the care of Muzaffar, librarian to Aurangzeb, on 2 Safar of regnal year 17 (1674)

Mewari Royal inventory number 24/59 and note dated AH 1111/1699-1700 AD

Jaleh Khosrovani-Diba, sold Sotheby's London, 19 October 2016, lot 10

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