TIMUR`S COMMANDER PULAD KILLS TURKHAN ERLAT

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£ 60 000
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27.10.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 828710
Lot 96 | TIMUR'S COMMANDER PULAD KILLS TURKHAN ERLAT
TIMUR'S COMMANDER PULAD KILLS TURKHAN ERLAT

SIGNED MADHAV, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1595-1600

An illustration from the Zafarnama of Sharaf al-Din Yazdi, gouache heightened with gold on dark brown paper, soldiers watch as Pulad decapitates Turkan Erlat, whose headless body lies on the ground beside his slain horse, 3ll. of neat black and red nasta'liq above and 2ll. of similar nasta'liq below, inside gold and polychrome rulings, lower margin with artist's signature and illustration number 20 in red nasta'liq and folio number 101 to left, reverse with 10ll. of black and red nasta'liq written horizontally and diagonally, with folio number 101 in upper margin.

Painting 4 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. (12.4 x 9.3 cm.); folio 11 x 7 7/8 in. (27.8 x 20 cm)





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Private collection, England by the 1940s
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