A leaf of calligraphy from a royal Mughal album made for Shah Jehan

MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1650

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A leaf of calligraphy from a royal Mughal album made for Shah Jehan
Mughal India, circa 1650
Manuscript on paper, 6ll. of black nasta'liq within panels on a gold ground covered with polychrome floral interlace, mounted on card with a margin of blue cloud bands on gold ground and with elaborate floral borders, light staining and wear
Folio 14½ x 9 7/8in. (36.8 x 25.2cm.)

Lot Essay

This album was split in Paris early in this century, and leaves are in various collections around the world.
Another leaf from this album was sold in these rooms, April 26 1994, lot 14.
Falk, T. (Ed.): Treasures of Islam, exhibition catalogue, Geneva 1985, p. 170, no. 150.
Soudavar, A.: Art of the Persian Courts, New York 1992, pp. 120, 339.

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