LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache on ivory

Size Notes:

1; 2: 9.8 x 7.6cm.; 3: 8 x 6.3cm

Description:

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Markings:

handwritten English captions, circa 1900, pasted on the mount and on the backboard; The captions read: Front of mount: 1. Portrait of Shankar Begum, of the harem of Akbar II, painted by Mahmud Azim, original picture painted by his father Sultan Ahmed Khan. 2. Portrait of Aktar Mahal, Persian wife of Akbar, Painted by Mahmud Faizul, artist, Delhi, about 1825 3. Portrait of Asafar Mahal, wife of Akbar, from original by Mahmud Faizul, by his pupil Asmuddin. Backboard: 1. Original picture by Muhammad Azim, artist who died about 1830. Picture of Shankar Begum of the Harem of Akbar II. [...] sold and presented [?] by Sultan Ahmed Khan, son of Mahmud Ismail [?] Khan and grandson of Mahmud Azim. 25 Jan 1900. In nasta'liq script: Sultan Ahmad Khan son of Mahmud Isma'il [?] Khan in his own hand. 2. Painted by Mahmud Faizul, portrait of Persian wife of Akbar, Akhtar Mahal. 3. Picture of Asafar Mahal, copy of original, copied by Asmuddin pupil of Mahmud Faizul, son of Mahmud Azim, who died about 1850. Sold and presented [?] by Sultan Ahmed Khan, son of Mahmud Ismail [?] Khan and grandson of Mahmud Azim. 25 Jan 1900. In nasta'liq script: Sultan Ahmad Khan son of Mahmud Isma'il [?] Khan in his own hand