Lot 17 , Mogul (Mughal) School , Profile Portrait of a Mogul dignitary, possibly Shah Jahan (1592-1666), full length, wearing court attire and a sword, standing in a landscape, watercolour miniature, 31cm x 20.5cm including borde

Mogul (Mughal) School
Profile Portrait of a Mogul dignitary, possibly Shah Jahan (1592-1666), full length
wearing court attire and a sword, standing in a landscape,
watercolour miniature
label verso ‘Fogg Art Museum Loan 17444.246’
31cm x 20.5cm including borders, old worm damage
£400-600

Condition:
There are significant losses and old worm holes to the borders, but the main image is unaffected by the wormholes. The image shows some evidence of creasing and some slight grubbiness in places, but is in reasonable condition. Provenance -bought from an antique dealer in East Sussex circa 1990 and seen by Sotheby’s ‘s New Bond Street specialist Nabil Saidi in 1991 (photocopy of valuation) where it was dated as Mughal circa 1700.

Sold for £9,000