AN EARLY INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING OF A COURTIER PETITIONING A RULER
Mughal India, 17th-18th century or earlier. The ruler seated on an elaborate throne in a palace courtyard, surrounded by attendants and musicians, and receiving a visitor dressed in a red robe and yellow headdress, all framed by a border of finely painted floral scroll.

Provenance: From an old English private estate.
Condition: Fair condition with old wear, soiling, creasing, stains, tears to edges, small losses here and there, small touchups.

Dimensions: Image size 20 x 18 cm. Total size 37.5 x 32.5 cm (including frame). Matted and framed.

Auction result comparison: Compare a related Mughal painting, dated circa 1585-1595, with a similar depiction of a courtier petitioning a ruler, at Sotheby's London in Arts of the Islamic World on 25 April 2018, lot 82, sold for GBP 12,500.