Sketched portrait of Emperor Aurangzeb, Mughal India, early 19th century Pencil and black ink drawing on paper enhanced with gold and a few pigments depicting the elderly ruler, bearded, standing, facing right. He is wearing a turban with a gold-plated sarpush and an egret, and a jama covering his pants and closed with a belt in which a katar is slipped. He holds a talwar in his right hand and a flower in his left. Drawing pasted on a sheet of paper lighter constituting a frame. Page size : 21,6 x 13 cm ; drawing size : 19,9 x 11,2 cm Some stains, wetnesses and accidents in edge. A Sketched Portrait of the Emperor Aurangzeb, Mughal India, early 19th century
Estimate
€400 - €600
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€448
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28%
Sketched portrait of Emperor Aurangzeb, Mughal India, early 19th century
Pencil and black ink drawing on paper enhanced with gold and a few pigments depicting the elderly ruler, bearded, standing, facing right. He is wearing a turban with a gold-plated sarpush and an egret, and a jama covering his pants and closed with a belt in which a katar is slipped. He holds a talwar in his right hand and a flower in his left. Drawing pasted on a sheet of paper lighter constituting a frame.
Page size : 21,6 x 13 cm ; drawing size : 19,9 x 11,2 cm
Some stains, wetnesses and accidents in edge.
A Sketched Portrait of the Emperor Aurangzeb, Mughal India, early 19th century
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