Presumed portrait of elderly Aurangzeb, provincial Mughal India, late 18th - early 19th century
Pigments and gold on album page depicting the ruler seated on a throne set on a balustraded terrace and fanned by a servant waving a chauri above his head. The elderly emperor is facing right. His face is nimbed with a radiant halo, he is wearing a turban with an aigrette and a gold-plated sarpush, dressed in a flowery jama and adorned with numerous jewels. Painting pasted on cardboard with a blue-grey margin.
Dim. page : 21,5 x 15,6 cm ; dim. painting : 18,3 x 14 cm
Chips of paint, repaints (notably the face of the servant), fragmentary margin.

Provenance: 
Bonham's, London, April 5, 2011, lot 242.

A Mughal Alleged Portrait of Elderly Aurangzeb, Provincial India, late 18th - early 19th century
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Lot no. 225

Presumed portrait of elderly Aurangzeb, provincial Mughal India, late 18th - early 19th century Pigments and gold on album page depicting the ruler seated on a throne set on a balustraded terrace and fanned by a servant waving a chauri above his head. The elderly emperor is facing right. His face is nimbed with a radiant halo, he is wearing a turban with an aigrette and a gold-plated sarpush, dressed in a flowery jama and adorned with numerous jewels. Painting pasted on cardboard with a blue-grey margin. Dim. page : 21,5 x 15,6 cm ; dim. painting : 18,3 x 14 cm Chips of paint, repaints (notably the face of the servant), fragmentary margin. Provenance: Bonham's, London, April 5, 2011, lot 242. A Mughal Alleged Portrait of Elderly Aurangzeb, Provincial India, late 18th - early 19th century

Estimate
€500 - €700
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
28%
Presumed portrait of elderly Aurangzeb, provincial Mughal India, late 18th - early 19th century Pigments and gold on album page depicting the ruler seated on a throne set on a balustraded terrace and fanned by a servant waving a chauri above his head. The elderly emperor is facing right. His face is nimbed with a radiant halo, he is wearing a turban with an aigrette and a gold-plated sarpush, dressed in a flowery jama and adorned with numerous jewels. Painting pasted on cardboard with a blue-grey margin. Dim. page : 21,5 x 15,6 cm ; dim. painting : 18,3 x 14 cm Chips of paint, repaints (notably the face of the servant), fragmentary margin. Provenance: Bonham's, London, April 5, 2011, lot 242. A Mughal Alleged Portrait of Elderly Aurangzeb, Provincial India, late 18th - early 19th century
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