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Groom presenting a horse to the prince
Mughal India, circa 1…
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127
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Groom presenting a horse to the prince
Mughal India, circa 1…
See original version (French)
Estimate €5,000 - €7,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Groom presenting a horse to the prince
Mughal India, circa 1800
Opaque pigments on paper with gold highlights
24 x 27.5 cm (9.4 x 10.8 in.)
Provenance :
Former collection of Professor Huart; Galerie Art musulman Joseph Soustiel, 146 boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris (label on back).
In the courtyard of a palace, a prince consults, while a groom brings into the courtyard the horse richly equipped with a beautiful golden saddle; two guards stand in front of the palace gates; the royal guard - whose armour evokes a Sikh regiment - spreads out along the ramparts; behind the palace, the gardens and trees of the park complete the composition.
A Mughal album page depicting a groom presenting a horse to a prince, opaque pigments and gold on paper, From the former collection of Professor Huart; Galerie d'Art musulman Joseph Soustiel, 146 boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris (label on the back), Mughal India, c. 1800.
See original version (French)
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