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  Lot 14 of 22  

INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTINGS AND WORKS OF ART
24-25 APRIL 2013
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$4,000 - 6,000
Rs 2,08,000 - 3,12,000


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An Ascetic Consulted by Three Women

Opaque Watercolour heightened with gold on paper

Provincial Mughal, early 19th century

Image: 10.5 x 7.5 in (26.25 x 18.75 cm)
Folio: 11 x 7.5 in (27.5 x 18.75 cm)
This miniature depicts an ascetic, perhaps Mir Sayyid Ali, seated on a tiger skin being consulted by three women. In the background are visible European looking galleons sailing on the river Ganges.

The inscription bears the date 1824-1825 and says that the holy man is likened to Mir Sayyid 'Ali. In the lower border the nasta'liq inscription reads: Ibn Mir Sayyid Muhammad HasanI al-Husaini al-Qadari. The main figure belongs to Qadiriyah order, a strict Sufi order founded by Sayyid 'Abdul- Qadfir Gilani (1077-1166).

An Ascetic Consulted by Three Women

Category: Antiquty