Lot 169
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AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF A SULTAN
ANOTHER PROPERTY
AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF A SULTAN

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

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AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF A SULTAN
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, an inscription in black nasta'liq above identifying the rider as 'Sultan Ahmad Khan', laid down on card, within blue borders and red and black rules, the outer border with gilt scrolling vine, Persian verses in text panel above flanking an illuminated central section of the outer border, with buff margins decorated with large gilt floral scroll
Painting 3 ¾ x 2 ¾in. (9.5 x 7cm.); folio 11 ¼ x 7 ½in. (28.6 x 19cm.)

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Lot Essay

Equestrian portraits of Ottoman Sultans in 17th century Turkic miniature painting aim to convey the main attributes of the sovereign. Depicted with a gold embroidered sleevless kaftan and a golden tunic over a red robe, the Sultan’s clothes are particularly similar to that of an equestrian portrait of Süleyman in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF, Estampes, inv. no. 1657, f.40). This portrait is comparable to the equestrian portrait of Sultan Osman II in the Collection of Edwin Binney (Binney, 1973, cat. no. 50, p. 81).

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