The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection

The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 20. Prince Dara Shikoh with a group of holy men, attributed to Govardhan, India, Mughal, circa 1635-40.

Prince Dara Shikoh with a group of holy men, attributed to Govardhan, India, Mughal, circa 1635-40

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Auction Closed

October 25, 12:38 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

gouache and gold on paper, plain buff paper borders, reverse with an inscription in Devanagari '100/ kimati 35 asa...'


miniature: 22.2 by 15cm. (8 ¾ by 5 ⅞ in.)

page: 27.8 by 19.8cm. (11 by 7 ¹³⁄₁₆ in.)

Acquired by Cary Welch in 1973

On loan at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1973 & 1983

A. Schimmel, 'Poetic Visions of Lahore', in S. Qureshi, Lahore, The City Within, Singapore, 1988, pp.36-38

M. Fraser, Selected Works from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection of Indian and Islamic Art, London, 2015, cat.16, pp.66-67

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