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Ⓛ Battle scene North India, Mughal art, circa 1600
Opaque pi…
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110
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Ⓛ Battle scene North India, Mughal art, circa 1600
Opaque pi…
See original version (French)
Estimate €8,000 - €12,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Ⓛ Battle scene
North India, Mughal art, circa 1600
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper.
Condition: trimmed at top. repaints.
H. 17.5 x W. 15.2 cm (6.9 x 6 in.)
Provenance: Christie's
Christie's London sale, 23 October 2007, lot 340..:
Private collection, Paris.
Christie's London sale, 26 June 2020, lot 3.
Two armies clash in a swirling melee; the composition, with its great narrative density, pits two armoured horsemen against each other in the centre - one in golden armour firing a bow, the other parrying the attack - while the battle unfolds over several planes in an accumulation of brightly-dressed combatants mounted on white, grey and chestnut horses; In the background, separated from the melee by a purple rock, military musicians sound trumpets and beat drums from their mounts; standard-bearers (alam) frame the composition on either side.
A Mughal illustrated folio depicting battle scene, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, North India, circa 1600
Location:
The work is currently stored in London; please contact the department for further information.
Notes:
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