BABUR HUNTING RHINOCEROS IN SWATI

Lot 96
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 96 | BABUR HUNTING RHINOCEROS IN SWATI
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£ 100 000 – 150 000
BABUR HUNTING RHINOCEROS IN SWATI

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
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