Figure Attributable To Kesu Das, Mughal India, Circa 1610
MAJNUN IN THE DESERT
Found at
Christies,
London
Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets, Lot 71
24.Okt - 24.Okt.2019
Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets, Lot 71
24.Okt - 24.Okt.2019
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 32.500 GBP
Price realised: 32.500 GBP
Description
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, an emaciated Majnun sits in the wilderness surrounded by wild animals, within double gold illuminated floral margins, reverse with two nasta'liq couplets signed Jawahir Raqam within gold floral margins and gold-speckled borders
Painting 8 ¼ x 4 ¾in. (21 x 12.1cm.); folio 11 ½ x 8in. (29.3 x 20.2cm.)
Christie's, London, 4 October 2012, Lot 185
Painting 8 ¼ x 4 ¾in. (21 x 12.1cm.); folio 11 ½ x 8in. (29.3 x 20.2cm.)
Christie's, London, 4 October 2012, Lot 185
