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DELHI, MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A FINE ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM MIR KHWAND’S RAWDAT AL-SAFA
DELHI, MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting an enthroned ruler receiving an emissary, the scene set in a palace courtyard with various attendants around, a tree in the background, within gold and polychrome rules, with gold and polychrome floral illuminated margins, the reverse the beginning of the text of Rawdat al-Safa, with very finely illuminated headpiece and fine floral margins, with two other folios from the manuscript, each with 25ll. of fine black nasta’liq script within gold and polychrome rules
Illustration 7 5/8 x 4 3/8in. (19.5 x 11.3cm.); folio 12 ½ x 7 5/8in. (31.7 x 19.3cm.)
DELHI, MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting an enthroned ruler receiving an emissary, the scene set in a palace courtyard with various attendants around, a tree in the background, within gold and polychrome rules, with gold and polychrome floral illuminated margins, the reverse the beginning of the text of Rawdat al-Safa, with very finely illuminated headpiece and fine floral margins, with two other folios from the manuscript, each with 25ll. of fine black nasta’liq script within gold and polychrome rules
Illustration 7 5/8 x 4 3/8in. (19.5 x 11.3cm.); folio 12 ½ x 7 5/8in. (31.7 x 19.3cm.)
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