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THE SEAL MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY; THE BIFOLIO AND NASTA'LIQ CALLIGRAPHY SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
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THE SEAL MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY; THE BIFOLIO AND NASTA'LIQ CALLIGRAPHY SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
Recto of the first folio with the elegant large seal of the Emperor Jahangir (r.1605-27) contained within a gold and polychrome illuminated shamsa, on cream ground with gold floral vine, within polychrome paper borders highlighted with gold illumination, verso with the first folio of an illuminated Safavid bifolio in gold and polychrome framing 3ll. of nasta'liq in clouds reserved against illuminated gold ground, the text the Munajat of 'Ali, recto of the second folio the same, verso ink on paper with three nasta'liq couplets on gold-sprinkled paper, signed Agha Mir in the lower left corner, the pink margins decorated with gold and silver flora and fauna
Folio 11 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (29 x 17.6cm.)
THE SEAL MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY; THE BIFOLIO AND NASTA'LIQ CALLIGRAPHY SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
Recto of the first folio with the elegant large seal of the Emperor Jahangir (r.1605-27) contained within a gold and polychrome illuminated shamsa, on cream ground with gold floral vine, within polychrome paper borders highlighted with gold illumination, verso with the first folio of an illuminated Safavid bifolio in gold and polychrome framing 3ll. of nasta'liq in clouds reserved against illuminated gold ground, the text the Munajat of 'Ali, recto of the second folio the same, verso ink on paper with three nasta'liq couplets on gold-sprinkled paper, signed Agha Mir in the lower left corner, the pink margins decorated with gold and silver flora and fauna
Folio 11 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (29 x 17.6cm.)
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