31st Oct, 2023 14:00
Islamic & Indian Art
AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF THE SUFI MASTER PIR BUDHAN SHAH (D. 1643)
Possibly Hyderabad or Bijapur, Deccan, Central India, late 18th century
AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF THE SUFI MASTER PIR BUDHAN SHAH (D. 1643)
Possibly Hyderabad or Bijapur, Deccan, Central India, late 18th century
Opaque pigments and ink heightened with gold on wove paper, the vertical-format composition depicting a portrait of Pir Budhan Shah, also known as Baba Budhan Ali Shah and Sayyed Shamsuddin, riding a chestnut horse, wearing a typical Mughal-style white jama outfit embroidered with small golden leaves, the same motif repeated on his cap, with a quiver filled with arrows, against an empty green background with high horizon, set within black, gold, and white rules, and salmon pink borders, an identifying black ink nasta'liq inscription at the top reading Pir Shah, mounted on white cardboard, the folio 33cm x 23cm.
Pir Budhan Shah (d. 1643) was a venerated Sufi master who supposedly lived for over 500 years and had a religious querelle with Guru Nanak in Rawalpindi (though their dates make this impossible), but later accepted Sikhism and converted to this faith before dying during the time of Guru Hargobind (1595 - 1644).
Dimensions: the folio 33cm x 23cm
Sold for £2,000
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