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PORTRAITS <strong>OF</strong> MIR MIRAN AND NAWAB ‘ATTAULLAH KHAN <strong>OF</strong><br />
AWADH<br />
EASTERN <strong>INDIA</strong>, 1785-90<br />
Watercolour heightened with gold on paper, each nawab with elaborate turban<br />
and sarpech, simple tunic and bejewelled, depicted reclining on a bolster<br />
on a terrace, holding a fower, shield and sword to the side, in black rules,<br />
identifcation inscription in black nasta’liq script above, mounted<br />
10¬ x 6Ωin. (27 x 16.5cm.) each<br />
£4,000-6,000 $5,700-8,500<br />
€5,000-7,500<br />
Mir Miran was the eldest son of Mir Ja’far, the Nawab of Bengal (r.1757–1760<br />
and 1763-1765).<br />
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For a comparable portrait of Husain Quli Khan, subadar of Dacca, attributed<br />
to Murshidabad and dated circa 1785-90, see Mildred Archer, Company<br />
Drawings in the India Ofice Library, London 1972, ill. 19.<br />
PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION<br />
~110<br />
EIGHT PORTRAITS <strong>OF</strong> MUGHAL EMPERORS<br />
DELHI SCHOOL, NORTH <strong>INDIA</strong>, CIRCA 1860-1880<br />
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on ivory, each of oval form, depicting<br />
an emperor of the Mughal dynasty, richly attired and bejewelled, including<br />
Humayun, Jahangir, Aurangzeb, Bahadur Shah and Farrukhsiyar, each in gilt<br />
medallion, mounted, framed and glazed<br />
Each 3Ωin. (8.2cm.) high<br />
£4,000-6,000 $5,700-8,500<br />
€5,000-7,500<br />
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