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MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1600
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AN ALBUM PAGE : A RULER AND HIS FALCONER
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1600
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the ruler facing right, wearing an elaborate garnet-red turban, a white tunic, a jambiyya held with a white and gold sash, clutching a straight-blade sword, in conversation with his falconer who wears a white turban and blue tunic held with a gold sash, the bird of prey on his gloved hand, the right hand holding the leather lanyard, a calligraphic cusped cartouche with black nasta'liq script reading Mirza Sa'dullah above, within two floral borders, in gold rules, laid on gold-speckled card, an inscription in black roman script reading Walid 1637 below, the reverse with old collection labels and six lines of Roman script in pencil, mounted
Page 15 5/8 x 10 5/8in. (39.5 x 26.8cm.), Illustration 5 3/8 x 3 3/8in. (13.5 x 8.5cm.)
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1600
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the ruler facing right, wearing an elaborate garnet-red turban, a white tunic, a jambiyya held with a white and gold sash, clutching a straight-blade sword, in conversation with his falconer who wears a white turban and blue tunic held with a gold sash, the bird of prey on his gloved hand, the right hand holding the leather lanyard, a calligraphic cusped cartouche with black nasta'liq script reading Mirza Sa'dullah above, within two floral borders, in gold rules, laid on gold-speckled card, an inscription in black roman script reading Walid 1637 below, the reverse with old collection labels and six lines of Roman script in pencil, mounted
Page 15 5/8 x 10 5/8in. (39.5 x 26.8cm.), Illustration 5 3/8 x 3 3/8in. (13.5 x 8.5cm.)