Portrait of Aurangzeb attributed to Anup Chattar, Mughal India, early 18th century Pigments and gold on paper pasted on cardboard depicting the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb kneeling on a golden throne with a poly-lobed back, his back resting on a cushion. The ruler is dressed in white, adorned with necklaces, an archer's ring and a bazuband, and wears a khanjar in his golden belt. He holds a chauri flycatcher in his left hand and a talwar is placed before him. Salmon margin captioning the subject in the upper part "Pashah Muhammad Aurangzeb" and attributing the work to Anup Chattar in the lower part. Total size: 22 x 14.2 cm; painting size: 17 x 10.2 cm Some stains and slight accidents. Provenance: Bonham's, London, April 28, 2005, lot 119. Anup Chattar was a well-known portraitist during the reigns of Shah Jahan (r. 1628-58) and Aurangzeb (1658-1707), of whom he painted several portraits. Anup Chattar's paintings seem to have been avidly collected by Europeans visiting Faizabad and Lucknow in the 1760s to 1780s. Signed or attributed paintings are mounted in the albums of the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Gentil and the Englishman Richard Johnson. A Mughal Portrait of the Emperor Aurangzeb attributed to Anup Chattar, India, early 18th century