A PORTRAIT OF A NIZAM, POSSIBLY NIZAM ASAF JAH II OF HYDERABAD
INDIA, DECCAN, HYDERABAD, CIRCA 1800
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
gouache on paper heightened with gold, dark blue border with red margin lines, depicting the ruler seated in a European-style chair on a palace terrace, facing right holding a rose, formal gardens in the background, mounted, glazed and framed
Dimensions
Sight size; 25cm x 18.8cm
Provenance
Formerly, from a private French collection.
Footnote
For comparison see M. Zebrowski, Deccani Painting, London, 1983, no. 246.