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Indian, Delhi

Mid-19th Century

Miniature: Abu'l-Muzaffar Shihab ad-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan (1592–1666) on horseback, opposite the Taj Mahal on the Yamuna. From approx. 1840

Gouache on ivory. 13,5 × 19,7 cm (5 ⅜ × 7 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Indian, Delhi. Miniature: Abu'l-Muzaffar Shihab ad-Din Muhammad Shah Jahan (1592–1666) on horseback, opposite the Taj Mahal on the Yamuna. From approx. 1840.

Estimate:

EUR 6,000

 

- 8,000

USD 6,720

 

- 8,960

Sold for:

7,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2016

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 01.12.2016

Information

Gouache on ivory. 13,5 × 19,7 cm (5 ⅜ × 7 ¾ in.). In a European silver frame cut glass (mid-19th Century).

Related literature: Leopold von Orlich: Reise in Ostindien in Briefen an Alexander von Humboldt und Carl Ritter, Leipzig 1845 (with many coloured plates after indian paintings) / Joachim K. Bautze: Interaction of Cultures. Indian and Western Painting 1780–1910. The Ehrenfeld Collection Alexandria, Virginia 1998.

Formerly in the collections of S.H. Rai-i-Rayan, Mahimahendra, Maharajadhiraj Ravi Kula Bhushan Shri Shri Shri 108 Shri Maharawal Shri Sir Lakshman Singhji Sahib Bahadur, Maharawal of Dungarpur (1908–1989), last reigning Maharawal of this kingdom, and his younter brother Maharaj Shri Virbhadra Singhji Sahib, of Punjpur (1909–1972) / 1973 Kunst- und Auktionshaus Marc Peretz, Saarbrücken