ID 727392
Lot 74 | THE EMPEROR FARRUKHSIYAR IN DURBAR
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, POSSIBLY AWADH OR DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1720-30
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting the Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar holding Durbar with important courtiers named in black nasta'liq, set between gold and black rules with pink floral margins, the reverse with an illuminated panel of animals and flowers against a pink ground
Painting 12 x 8 7⁄8in. (30.5 x 22.5cm.); folio 16 x 11in. (40.3 x 28cm.)
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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