PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTIONA portrait of the Mughal Emperor Humayun (1508-1556), North India, circa 1780, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the emperor Humayun identified by his distinctive taj-i izzat turban, kneeling on patterned carpet with marching bolster cushion behind, his hands crossed before him, and wearing a dark blue floral jacket, an open book on a stand before him, mounted and under plexiglass, painting (visible) 12.8 x 8.5cm. Provenance: The Estate of the late designer Anthony Powell (1935-2021)To lower left side of painting significant loss to pigments and surface of the paper in several areas