Name: THE SUFI SAINT BU 'ALI QALANDAR LISTENING TO MUSIC
Brand: MUGHAL INDIA, MID-18TH CENTURY
Price: 500.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE GREEK COLLECTOR

THE SUFI SAINT BU 'ALI QALANDAR LISTENING TO MUSIC
MUGHAL INDIA, MID-18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, he closes his eyes listening to the music of two seated disciples, a hut and a forested landscape in the background, old damage, the reverse inscribed in loose Persian hand 'Hazrat Shah Sharaf Bu 'Ali Qalandar qaddasahu [Allah]'
5 7/8 x 4 ¼in. (14.8 x 11.2cm.)

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Bu 'Ali Qalandar (1400-1463 AD) was a mystic saint who lived and taught in India. His mausoleum in Panipat, India is now a place of pilgrimage.The following lot comes from a Private Greek Collector. The present owner inherited it in 1965 from his uncle, Mr. Kleon Kittas. Kittas spent much of the early part of the 20th century in India. He was reported to have been an advisor on western art to several royal collectors there and to have received the manuscripts from a royal patron as a token of thanks for his crucial services.