MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

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PORTRAIT OF SULAYMAN SHIKOH
MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set within gold and polychrome rules, identified above in gold nasta'liq, gold and polychrome illuminated floral margins, the reverse plain, flyleaf
Painting 7 1/2 x 4 7/8in. (19.1 x 12.4cm.); folio 10 7/8 x 7 3/4in. (27.5 x 18.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

Shahzadah Sulayman Shikoh was the son of Prince Dara Shikoh, and the eldest grandson of Shah Jahan. A portrait of him by Ramdas is in the Royal Collection, London (RCIN 1005069.e) whilst a double portrait of him and his father was in the Ehrenfeld Collection (D. Ehnbohm, Indian Miniatures, the Ehrenfeld Collection, New York, 1985, no. 25, pp. 66- 67). A further 18th century portrait of Sulayman Shikoh, very similar to our portrait in its features, formerly of the Saeed Motaamed Collection was sold at Christie's, South Kensington, 7 October 2013, lot 279.

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