The Nawab Basalath Jah Bahadur
18th century CE
Artwork Details
Context
Description
Artwork Details
TSM Accession: P-4010
Pleach No: PIF/00DMP58
Title: The Nawab Basalath Jah Bahadur
Style: Hyderabad School – Deccani Miniature
Artist: Unknown
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Dimensions: 20 x 13 cms
Period: 18th century CE
Rights: Telangana State Museum, Hyderabad
Documented by: Pleach India Foundation, Hyderabad
Context
This painting features Nawab Basalat Jah Bahadur, born in 1907, the son of the sixth Nizam, Mahboob Ali Khan.
Description
In third quarter view, with his face in profile, the Nawab sits against a red-patterned large bolster. He is dressed in a royal garb, and is adorned in pearls. He keeps a pillow nearby. He holds a flower in his left hand.
