ID 1178299
Lot 84 | A MUGHAL NOBLE
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments on paper set within gold rules, an inner border of plain, gold-speckled paper and Qajar wider outer border with animal and foliate designs, the margins of gold-speckled paper repurposed from a Qur'an manuscript, with an illuminated recitation marker, the verso plain
Painting 7 x 3 ¾in. (17.8 x 9.5cm.); folio 13 1⁄8 x 9 ¼in. (33.5 x 23.5cm.)
Provenance
Property of R.S. Greenshields, sold Sotheby's London, 10 February 1936, lot 103
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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