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A Vulture
Ascribed to Mansur, Nadir al Asr.
Mughal, India, circa 1620; the border circa 1608.
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper.
Folio: 34 x 23.4 cm; Painting: 20 x 10.2 cm.
Provenance:
By repute, Georges-Joseph Demotte, Paris, 1930.
Important private collection, UK.
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Sultan Ibrahim ‘Adil Shah with his lover in a landscape
Bijapur, Deccan, India, c. 1590-1605
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Painting: 16 x 12 cm; Folio: 31 x 22.5 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, UK, mid 1970s.
Published:
Navina Najat Haidar and Marika Sardar. Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015.
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Portrait of the Emperor Shah Jahan
Kishangarh, India, circa 1660-80
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Folio: 33.5 x 22 cm; Painting: 15.6 x 9.2 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, UK, early 1970s.
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Shiva as Kameshvara, The Lord of Desire, and Devi Lalitha, Tripurasundari, She Who is Beautiful in The Three Worlds
Icon for royal worship.
Jaipur school. Rajasthan, circa 1800-20.
Opaque watercolour and gold impasto, embellished with betel wings, mica and natural pearls.
Provenance:
Imre Schwaiger (1868 – 1940), UK.
Private collection, UK.
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Linnaeus Tripe
The Western Gopuram, Meenakshi Temple, Madura
Madura, circa 1856-57.
Albumenised salt print, 30.5 x 38.1 cm.
Provenance:
London art market, 1981.
Private collection, UK, 1981 to present.
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Dr John Murray
Agra Fort: Eastern Porch of the Jahangiri Mahal
Agra, circa 1858-62.
Albumen print from a waxed paper negative.
43.2 x 38.4 cm.
Provenance:
Dr. John Murray, and by descent.
Private collection, UK.
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A Vulture
Ascribed to Mansur, Nadir al Asr.
Mughal, India, circa 1620; the border circa 1608.
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper.
Folio: 34 x 23.4 cm; Painting: 20 x 10.2 cm.
Provenance:
By repute, Georges-Joseph Demotte, Paris, 1930.
Important private collection, UK.
Nature Observed and Imagined: The Mughal and Deccani Traditions
Prahlad Bubbar is delighted to present a group of exceptional Mughal and Deccani paintings, which rarely appear on the market.
Highlights include an outstanding painting of a Vulture ascribed to Mansur, Nadir al Asr, a display of great naturalism and refinement by the Mughal master artist, with exuberant Jahangir period illuminated borders; an elegant and vibrant early Bijapur painting of Sultan Ibrahim ‘Adil Shah with his lover, previously exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum in the landmark show ‘Sultans of Deccan India’; a jewel-like Jaipur painting of Shiva as The Lord of Desire with the mighty Devi Lalitha, She who is beautiful in the three worlds, made with gold impasto and embellished with betel wings, mica and natural pearls; and a superb group of early photographs by Linnaeus Tripe and Dr John Murray, two of the eminent pioneer photographers in India.
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