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Lot 87

A seated portrait of Gul-Safa Shahzadi, with added signature of Manohar,probably Deccan, India,...

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Lot 87

A seated portrait of Gul-Safa Shahzadi, with added signature of Manohar,
probably Deccan, India,...

Price Realised: £1,837

Estimate: £800 - £1,200

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Lot 87

Description

A seated portrait of Gul-Safa Shahzadi, with added signature of Manohar,
probably Deccan, India, 18th Century, 

Pen and ink heightened with gold on paper, under a foliated pointed lobed arch, facing left, against a bolster and leaning on a mendicant staff, identified in red ink within the plain spandrels, added named inscription in red ink below and above an erased inscription or signature, a sash tied around his chins, set within a blue margin and gold and polychrome rules, laid down within wide plain borders, the reverse with reference and inventory numbers in pencil, some numerals in red and blue ink

Painting 15 x 9.5cm.; folio 35 x 24cm.

Provenance: Property from the Private Collection of Toby Falk (1942-1997).

Inscription: Above, shabiy-e gul safa shahzadi 'Portrait of Princess Gul Safa'; Below, amal-e manohar 'Work of Manohar'

Whilst the crutch, mat and legs tied together suggest a typical depiction of a Sufi mendicant, the present lot is unusual for its depiction of a woman as indicated by her breasts and bundle of long hair bursting out from beneath the turban. The inscription above suggests this might be a portrait of Gul Safa Lahori, the sweetheart of Mughal Prince Dara Shikoh. Another, more typical, portrait of Gul Safa is in the Johnson Album, now in the British Library. Given Dara Shikoh’s strong Sufi leanings, it is perhaps unsurprising that his consorts were similarly spiritually inclined.

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