A STANDING PORTRAIT OF NAWAB BAHLUL KHAN
Northern India, late 19th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting a standing nobleman with a white turban wearing a fine white muslin dress over bright red pantaloons and embroidered red slippers, holding a flower in one hand and a long tulwar sword in the other, his black shield (dhal) showing from the side, a line of black ink naskh at the top mentioning the name, the back with an old inventory sticker from The Old Print Shop in New York, mounted, glazed and framed, 26cm x 16cm.

Chiswick Auctions, 25 October 2019, lot 360.