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Sultan Abu Sa'id Mirza of Kurasan

Painting
ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour on paper depicting Sultan Abu Sa'id Mirza of Kurasan.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSultan Abu Sa'id Mirza of Kurasan (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, Sultan Abu Sa'id Mirza of Kurasan, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Sikh, probably Punjab Plain, ca. 1840
Physical description
Watercolour on paper depicting Sultan Abu Sa'id Mirza of Kurasan.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 257mm
  • Page width: 206mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 178mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 121mm
27/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description
Sultan Abu Sa'id Mirza of Kurasan.
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed in Persian)
Translation
'Hazrat Sultan Abu-Said Mirza son of Muhammad Padshah'
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
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.120-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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