Lot 57
Lot 57
PROPERTY FROM THE KARL AND ELIZABETH KATZ COLLECTION
A portrait of the Prophet Isma'il

[Mughal India or Deccan, 19th century]

    Price Realised USD 1,000
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    USD 1,000 - USD 1,500
    A portrait of the Prophet Isma'il

    [Mughal India or Deccan, 19th century]

    Price Realised USD 1,000
    Price Realised USD 1,000
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    Physical description:
    295 x 190mm (11⅝ x 7½in.). Opaque pigments on paper, the haloed figure depicted dressed in white robes, holding an axe in his right hand, on a dark blue ground, in an oval format, within narrow polychrome borders, an identifying inscription in white nasta‘liq script above ‘tasvir-e hazrat-e isma‘il zabih allah alayha salam ’ (Portrait of Isma'il, the one sacrificed to God, peace be upon Him).

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