Aga Muhammad Khan Qajar

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Punjab Plain (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Aga Muhammad Khan Qajar, ruler of Persia. A bust portrait showing the ruler facing straight on, wearing a dark pink garment with all over gold floral design and white, jewelled shoulder pieces, and a tall headdress.

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Categories	Paintings Portraits Royalty Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Aga Muhammad Khan Qajar (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper Opaque Watercolour Gold Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, Aga Muhammad Khan Qajar, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Sikh, probably Punjab Plain, ca. 1840
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Aga Muhammad Khan Qajar, ruler of Persia. A bust portrait showing the ruler facing straight on, wearing a dark pink garment with all over gold floral design and white, jewelled shoulder pieces, and a tall headdress.
Dimensions	Page height: 251mm Page width: 205mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 140mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 110mm 27/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description	A bust portrait of Aga Muhammad Khan Qajar, ruler of Persia.
Marks and inscriptions	(Inscribed in Persian) Translation 'Picture of Muhammad Khan Qajar King of Iran'
Credit line	Given by O.E. Dickinson
Object history	From a series of Moslem rulers. Formerly owned by the Earl of Auckland (Governor General, 1836-1842).
Production	Sikh with Guler influence
Subject depicted	Ruler
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.137-1953

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432929/aga-muhammad-khan-qajar-painting-unknown/

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