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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. CLAUS VIRCH

A YOUNG NOBLEMAN HOLDING A SPEAR
INDIA, MUGHAL, LATE 17TH CENTURY

Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 6¼ by 3¼ in., 15.9 by 8.3 cm
folio: 14⅜ by 9⅛ in., 36.5 by 23.2 cm
A muraqqa’ (album) folio with inner bu borders of lightly-
toned salmon and cream color with ecked gold and oral
designs. Outer natural-bu gold ecked borders with an ink
and gold rosette.
A young Mughal prince holding a sharp spear in one hand while
enjoying the fragrance of a small blossom. He wears a gold

oral-design payjama under a diaphanous white muslin jama,
yellow and gold patka, jewelry and a Mughal cap with gold
bands and a feathered aigrette. Standing on a very low horizon
with the merest suggestion of a ower strewn landscape. On a
blue-green ground rising to a red streaked cloudy sky.

$ 4,000-6,000

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ANOTHER PROPERTY

A NOBLEMAN HOLDING A BLOSSOM
INDIA, DELHI, CIRCA 1900

Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 8⅝ by 5¼ in., 22 by 13.3 cm
folio: 9⅝ by 6 in., 24.5 by 15.2 cm
A striking pro le portrait of a mustachioed courtier
resplendent in a richly ornamented golden turban, robe and
scarf worn over a lavender muslin jama clutching the hilt of
his long sword with one bejeweled hand and holding aloft a
blossom in the other.

$ 1,500-2,500

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ARIZONA COLLECTION

A PRINCE SERVED PAAN IN THE ZENANA
INDIA, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, LATE 18TH
CENTURY

Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 9 by 6 in., 23 by 15.2 cm
Seated on a gold throne-chair a lord accepts a small paan
from a handmaiden on a terrace of the zenana (harem).
Accompanied by handmaidens holding vessels and objects.

$ 2,000-3,000

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