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MURDER IN A PALACE BY NIGHT, INDIA, SULTANATE, 15TH CENTURY |
估價
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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描述
- painting: 18.5 by 12.5cm.leaf: 34.1 by 22.9cm.
opaque watercolour and gold on paper, mounted on an album page with gold-decorated dark green borders
來源
Ex-collection Stuart Cary Welch, sold in these rooms, 6 April 2011, lot 85.
Condition
In good condition, minor flaking and losses to the paint which though remains bright, as viewed.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
This miniature would have been an illustration to a manuscript of Persian poetry, probably a copy of the Khamsa of Amir Khusrau or Nizami, or the Shahnameh of Firdausi. The scene depicted here is difficult to identify exactly, since all the original text is absent and the picture has been mounted in unrelated borders, but the scene of a murder in a palace occurs several times in these texts. Sultanate painting in India was strongly influenced by Persian painting of the fifteenth century, as well as by indigenous painting styles in Western and Northern India. For many years there was confusion over the attribution of certain manuscripts and illustrations to India or Persia. Over the last few decades several studies started to untangle the subject. For discussions of Persian and Sultanate Indian painting see Fraad and Ettinghausen 1969, Robinson 1991, and Brend 2003, ch.3, pp.73-149, and more recently Emily Shovelton's PhD (Sultanate painting from the north Indian subcontinent: three 15th-century Persian illustrated manuscripts, London, SOAS, 2009).
Miniatures from related manuscripts are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1972.285.2) and formerly in the Binney Collection (see Binney 1973, nos.2-4).
Miniatures from related manuscripts are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1972.285.2) and formerly in the Binney Collection (see Binney 1973, nos.2-4).