Lot 143
143
A DECCANI RULER, PROBABLY SULTAN ALI ADIL SHAH II OF BIJAPUR (R.1656-1672), SEATED WITH A MUGHAL NOBLEMAN
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A DECCANI RULER, PROBABLY SULTAN ALI ADIL SHAH II OF BIJAPUR (R.1656-1672), SEATED WITH A MUGHAL NOBLEMAN

PROBABLY BIJAPUR, DECCAN, LAST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY/18TH CENTURY

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A DECCANI RULER, PROBABLY SULTAN ALI ADIL SHAH II OF BIJAPUR (R.1656-1672), SEATED WITH A MUGHAL NOBLEMAN
PROBABLY BIJAPUR, DECCAN, LAST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY/18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the rulers depicted kneeling, facing each other and reclining against bolsters, mounted
15 ¼ x 10in. (38.8 x 25.4cm.)
Engraved
In nasta‘liq on the reverse, tar pani (?) tasvire barate padeshahan ast, '(?) painting depicting the procession of kings'

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Lot Essay

The inscription on the reverse may refer to the image on the next page in the original album. The nobleman on the left was probably a Mughal officer serving in Aurangzeb’s armies in the Deccan. For comparable portraits of Ali Adil Shah II of Bijapur, see M. Zebrowski, Deccani Painting, London, 1983, ill. nos. 107-110, pp. 140-142. The distinctive foliage and floral carpet with scrolling tendrils are also reminiscent of Deccani painting from this period.

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