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PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT EAST COAST COLLECTION
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A CONQUEROR, POSSIBLY ALEXANDER THE GREAT, RIDING
WITH HIS BODYGUARD AND OVERSEEING A BATTLE
INDIA, SUB MUGHAL, CIRCA 1620-30
Image 10º x 5√ in. (22.9 x 14.9 cm.)
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby’s New York, 21 March 1990, lot 48.

印度 蒙兀兒帝國 1620-30年前後 征服者（可能為亞歷山大大帝）與
其護衛官出征圖
來源:
紐約蘇富比，1990年3月21日，拍品48。

The present painting represents an elegant warrior upon his armored horse
amidst military conquest. His retinue surrounds him on foot, one tailing
behind with a chauri, or fly whisk, another sheltering the leader with a
parasol, while others lead with banners alongside an elephant processor. An
active cavalry engagement ensues in the foreground and an eclectic musical
ensemble of trumpeters and drummers sound off in the horizon. It has been
suggested that the military general represents Iskandar, or Alexander the
Great, whose military campaigns are detailed in the Iskandarnama (Book
of Alexander) in the Khamsa of Nizami as well as the great Persian epic,
Shahnama (Book of Kings).