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A FOLIO FROM AN ASTROLOGICAL TREATISE: A MYTHICAL BIRD
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A FOLIO FROM AN ASTROLOGICAL TREATISE: A MYTHICAL BIRD

HYDERABAD, DECCAN, CIRCA 1750

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A FOLIO FROM AN ASTROLOGICAL TREATISE: A MYTHICAL BIRD
HYDERABAD, DECCAN, CIRCA 1750
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the ferocious beast with dog's head and bird's legs, with flaming wings and tail, walking on a floral ground, a landscape of buildings and a tiger chasing deer in the background, within later silvered borders, the reverse with 6ll. of black nasta'liq script, mounted
7½ x 4¼in. (19 x 11cm.)
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拍品专文

This folio comes from an astronomical treatise where constellations are depicted in the form of figures walking through a landscape. On these illustrations, the landscape is divided into bands with a decorative floral ground, a plain midground and miniature buildings in a hilly landscape in the background.
A number of illustrated folios from this dispersed manuscript are in public collections, see for instance The San Diego Museum of Art (1990.531) and the Brooklyn Museum of Art (71.120).