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A STANDING PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL COURTIER

英国北京时间

2020年06月25日开拍 / 2020年06月23日截止委托

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拍品描述: INDIA, CIRCA 1590-1600 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the courtier dressed in a diaphanous white jama and trousers, facing left, a faint identification inscription in nasta’liq above ‘…urf aflatun’ (known as Aflatun), within a narrow gold scrolling floral border and faded pink margins, the reverse plain Painting 5 7/8 x 4in. (15 x 10cm.); folio 10 x 6 ?in. (25.5 x 16cm.) The courtier is dressed in Akbari fashion with a diaphanous jama over white trousers, a flat turban, and two overlapping patkas (sashes) tied around his waist. A katar (dagger) with two dangling toggles is tucked into his patka. His hands are crossed at his waist in the normal Mughal court posture. In the A’in-i Akbari written in 1596-98, Abu’l Fazl mentions that towards the end of Akbar’s life, ‘(Akbar) sat for his likeness and also ordered to have the likenesses taken of all the grandees of the realm. An immense album was thus formed: those that have passed away have received a new life, and those who are still alive have immortality promised to them.’ (Abu’l Fazl 1927-39, vol.I, p.115, translated in Losty and Roy, 2012, p.75) Three portraits from the album dated circa 1595-1600 are illustrated by Losty and Roy, 2012, figs.37-39, pp.76-78. All three have the subjects depicted on green ground, with later descriptions in black nasta’liq (possibly in Jahangir’s hand) to the left or right of the figures. Our portrait finds close comparison with the portrait of Zain Khan Koka (fig.37, p.76), who is depicted facing left and standing in profile. Although the feet of our courtier are in profile, his body and face are slightly incongruously in three-quarter profile, usually seen on figures in manuscript illustrations of this period. The sides of our image have been extended, probably when the portrait was placed in an album, with the addition of the floral decoration along three sides. Such extensions were common, as also seen on the portrait of Zain Koka Khan with an extension below depicting a pair of pigeons and a dovecote. The partially rubbed inscription above the figure suggests that the courtier was known as Aflatun, the Arabic name for the philosopher Plato. Perhaps the courtier was a philosopher at the Mughal court. An official named Aflatun Beg, in the service of Shah Jahan in 1636 is mentioned in Ali, 1986, p.131, S1117.
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