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AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF A RULER
Golconda, late 17th century
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; mounted on a powerful gray stallion, the heavily bearded
ruler holding a lance in his right hand, and bearing a bow, a shield, and a sword to his left.
Image: 12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (32.1 x 24.5 cm); Folio: 16 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (41.3 x 33.6 cm)
$3,000 - 5,000
Compare the treatment of the sky and composition to the portrait of a young Golconda prince
in the Musée Guimet (see Haidar, Sultans of the Deccan, p. 238, cat. no. 132). Also compare
the portraiture within that of Abdul Ghaffar Khan Bahadur in Zebrowski, Deccani Painting,
London, 1983, p. 210, no. 181.
Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 4 June 1994, lot 350
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