Lot Essay
For a discussion on the Hamla-i Haydari and these illustrations see lot 1.
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DECCAN, POSSIBLY GOLCONDA, CENTRAL INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE HAMLA-I HAYDARI
DECCAN, POSSIBLY GOLCONDA, CENTRAL INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a heap of decapitated bodies in the foreground, Muhammad and 'Ali carrying his sword zulficar stand at the head of a mounted army facing another, a mullah wearing a pink tunic and white turban addresses the leader of the opposite camp, angels flying above, four columns of black text in nasta'liq script above and below, the reverse with text arranged in four columns of black nasta'liq script, mounted
Painting 9 x 9 5/8in. (22.9 x 24.5cm.); folio 11 x 19 ¾in. (28 x 50.3cm.)
DECCAN, POSSIBLY GOLCONDA, CENTRAL INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a heap of decapitated bodies in the foreground, Muhammad and 'Ali carrying his sword zulficar stand at the head of a mounted army facing another, a mullah wearing a pink tunic and white turban addresses the leader of the opposite camp, angels flying above, four columns of black text in nasta'liq script above and below, the reverse with text arranged in four columns of black nasta'liq script, mounted
Painting 9 x 9 5/8in. (22.9 x 24.5cm.); folio 11 x 19 ¾in. (28 x 50.3cm.)
Provenance
The William P. Cleary Collection, Sausalito, CA
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