Arts of the Islamic World & India
Arts of the Islamic World & India
Property of a North American Private Collector
Asaf Khan holding Humayun’s turban, attributable to Balchand, India, Mughal, circa 1630
Auction Closed
October 23, 01:24 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
gouache heightened with gold on paper, narrow pink and green borders with gilt scrolling vine and foliate motifs, wide gold-flecked buff margins, the reverse with later inscription in pencil and ink, collection stamp of Armen Tokatlian
painting: 14.2 by 8.3cm.
leaf: 36.2 by 24.6cm.
The Dukes of Newcastle, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, before 1928, sold The Clumber Library: Catalogue of the Magnificent Library, Property of the Late Seventh Duke of Newcastle removed from Clumber, Worksop and sold by the order of the RT. Hon. The Earl of Lincoln, Christie’s, London, 25 October 1937, lot 348
Jean Pozzi, Paris, sold Succession de M. Jean Pozzi: Collection de Miniatures Indiennes des XVII-XVIII et XIX Siecles, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 2 December 1970, lot 23
Armen Tokatlian, Paris
Christie's, New York, Maharajas and Mughal Magnificence, 19 June 2019, lot 338
Rois du Monde: Art et Pouvoir Royal a Travers les Chefs-d'Oevre de la Collection Al Thani, Château de Fontainebleau, 2018, exhibition catalogue, p.143, cat.31
Rois du Monde: Art et Pouvoir Royal a Travers les Chefs-d'Oeuvre de la Collection Al Thani, Château de Fontainebleau, 2018