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NORTH INDIA, DATED AH 1270/1853-54 AD
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TWO GHUBARI FLORAL COMPOSITIONS
NORTH INDIA, DATED AH 1270/1853-54 AD
Poetry on the subject of flowers, Persian manuscript on paper, each with a floral spray composed of tiny ghubari script, contained within a gold niche, floral illumination around, laid down between minor floral borders on wide blue and silver-sprinkled buff margins, the smaller one with a date towards the bottom of the spray, the back of one with later owner's notes
Largest text panel 9 ¼ x 5 7/8in. (23.5 x 14.9cm.); largest folio 15 ¼ x 11 1/8in. (58.7 x 28.2cm.)
NORTH INDIA, DATED AH 1270/1853-54 AD
Poetry on the subject of flowers, Persian manuscript on paper, each with a floral spray composed of tiny ghubari script, contained within a gold niche, floral illumination around, laid down between minor floral borders on wide blue and silver-sprinkled buff margins, the smaller one with a date towards the bottom of the spray, the back of one with later owner's notes
Largest text panel 9 ¼ x 5 7/8in. (23.5 x 14.9cm.); largest folio 15 ¼ x 11 1/8in. (58.7 x 28.2cm.)
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