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Encampment with camels
Herat, circa 1600
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, in a clearing with rocks and a large leafy tree behind, a woman milks a cow while other women look out from their tents, men tend camels nearby, lines of black nast'aliq on gold-sprinkled paper in four columns above and below with an illuminated heading above, gold margin within black rules, (some creasing and flaking, negligible retouching), verso with 20ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in four columns with central illuminated heading panel, (wear to edges, some smudging)
folio 9¾ x 5½in. (24.7 x 14cm.)
Herat, circa 1600
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, in a clearing with rocks and a large leafy tree behind, a woman milks a cow while other women look out from their tents, men tend camels nearby, lines of black nast'aliq on gold-sprinkled paper in four columns above and below with an illuminated heading above, gold margin within black rules, (some creasing and flaking, negligible retouching), verso with 20ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in four columns with central illuminated heading panel, (wear to edges, some smudging)
folio 9¾ x 5½in. (24.7 x 14cm.)