ID 1178319
Lot 96 | BABUR HUNTING RHINOCEROS IN SWATI
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
THE PAINTING DESIGNED BY LA'L, WORKED ON BY SARWAN, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1589
Opaque pigments heightened in gold on paper, text panel within the painting containing 9ll. black nasta'liq, set within gold and polychrome rules, plain buff paper margins, red librarian's annotations in the lower margin, recto with 14ll. black nasta'liq, set within gold and polychrome rules, the margins plain, mounted, restored
Painting 9 ½ x 5 ½in. (24 x 14cm.); folio 10 3⁄8 x 6 ¾in. (26.5 x 17.1cm.)
Provenance
H. Kahn Monif (1888-1964), New York
Private collection, London, circa 1950s-60s
Thence by descent until acquired by the present owner 2022
| 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 |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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