PORTRAIT OF NAWAB KALB 'ALI KHAN SAHIB BAHADUR, NAWAB OF RAMPUR (R.1865-87)
PROBABLY RAMPUR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1850
PORTRAIT OF NAWAB KALB 'ALI KHAN SAHIB BAHADUR, NAWAB OF RAMPUR (R.1865-87) PROBABLY RAMPUR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1850 Opaque pigments and gold on paper, depicted half-length within a medallion, pompuously dressed, wearing regalia, the medallion bordered with a long inscription in black nasta'liq script enumerating the nawab's titles, the nawab's name in gold, set within heavily illuminated borders in gold and polychrome with floral scrolls and foliage, the reverse with inventory marks, in very good condition Painting 3 1/8 x 2½in. (8 x 6.5cm.); folio 12 3/8 x 8in. (31.4 x 20.7cm.)
PORTRAIT OF NAWAB KALB 'ALI KHAN SAHIB BAHADUR, NAWAB OF RAMPUR (R.1865-87)
PROBABLY RAMPUR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1850
PORTRAIT OF NAWAB KALB 'ALI KHAN SAHIB BAHADUR, NAWAB OF RAMPUR (R.1865-87) PROBABLY RAMPUR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1850 Opaque pigments and gold on paper, depicted half-length within a medallion, pompuously dressed, wearing regalia, the medallion bordered with a long inscription in black nasta'liq script enumerating the nawab's titles, the nawab's name in gold, set within heavily illuminated borders in gold and polychrome with floral scrolls and foliage, the reverse with inventory marks, in very good condition Painting 3 1/8 x 2½in. (8 x 6.5cm.); folio 12 3/8 x 8in. (31.4 x 20.7cm.)
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