SHAH 'ABBAS OF PERSIA RECEIVING THE MUGHAL AMBASSADOR KHAN 'ALAM IN 1618
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, INDIA, DELHI, CIRCA 1800
£1,638
Auction: 11 December 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
gouache heightened in gold on card, bright orange border with gold floral decoration, blue outer border, sprinkled in gold, Shah 'Abbas sits to the right wearing his distinctive headdress and offering a gold dish to the Mughal ambassador Khan 'Alam who wears an elaborate turban set with a sarpech, verso with four lines of inscription in nastal'iq, comprising a Persian quatrain, old inventory number in red ink: No. 540/120
Dimensions
34.7cm x 24.4cm
Footnote
For a similar subject, see Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 25 October 2018, lot 145.