TIMUR’S FORCES LED BY HIS SON ‘UMAR SHAYKH DEFEATING THE ARMY OF QAMAR AL-DIN: A FOLIO FROM THE ROYAL MUGHAL ZAFARNAMA
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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176400GBP £ 176 400
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ID 727225
Lot 70 | TIMUR’S FORCES LED BY HIS SON ‘UMAR SHAYKH DEFEATING THE ARMY OF QAMAR AL-DIN: A FOLIO FROM THE ROYAL MUGHAL ZAFARNAMA
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
BY JAGJIVAN KALAN, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1595-1600
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 2ll. of neat black nasta'liq above, within gold and polychrome rules and wide plain paper margins, lower margin with name of artist in red nasta'liq, reverse with 9ll. of black nasta'liq written horizontally and diagonally, overall good condition
Painting 6 x 4in. (15.4 x 10cm.); text panel 7 1⁄4 x 4in. (18.5 x 10cm.); folio 11 x 7 1⁄2 in. (28 x 19cm.)
Provenance
Private Collection, England by the 1940s
Thence by descent until acquired by the current owner
| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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