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A div abducting a young sleeping woman. Opaque pigments and gold on paper. Mughal style, Dehli. 18th century
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12月12日 晚上6点 开拍 /2天1小时
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A black-furred demon wearing a short orange skirt and a golden pendant soars over a hilly landscape, carrying a large piece of ground above his head. On it rests a golden bed, on which a young, beautifully dressed lady sleeps, unaware of the unfolding scene. Wide turquoise floral border with gold, white, and black rules, and later-added margins featuring angel figures in medallions and grape motifs (probably 19th century). Backed. Framed under passepartout and glazed. An unusual subject for a Mughal painting, that was gaining popularity around this period (see Lot ***441059***), and which likely has its roots in the Iranian culture. Several examples may have served as models for this depiction. In the epic Shahnameh, the demon-like creature Div Akvan digs up the ground beneath the hero Rustam as he sleeps and lifts the clod above his head (see a folio from the Shahnama, dated to the 1660s, in the MET, New York, inventory no. 1974.290.43, fol. 158v). A similar motif appears in the Mughal literary work Hamzanama, where a demon abducts the sleeping son of the King of Sri Lanka (see a folio dated 1557–1577 in the MAK, Vienna, inventory no. AT1 08). In the present case, the figure being carried away is a woman, suggesting that the scene could represent the personification of a nightmare. In the Kitāb al-Bulhān (Book of Wonders), a dark-coloured demon or jinn named Kabus hovers above a sleeping person, ready to disturb their peaceful rest (see a folio from the Kitāb al-Bulhān, dated 1330–1450, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, fol. 28a).

Dimensions

40.3 x 28.3 cm (leaf); 20.6 x 13.6 cm (miniature)

Exhibited

Miniatures Orientales de L'Inde, Galerie Jean Soustiel, 14—25.5.1973 Paris, No. 33

Literature

Published in: M.-Ch. David, J. Soustiel, D. Glück, Miniatures Orientales de L'Inde: Les écoles Et Leurs Styles, exhibition catalogue, 14—25.5.1973 Paris, p. 38f, no. 33

Provenance

Private collection, Northern Germany, acquired at Galerie Jean Soustiel, Paris, in the 1980s

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