MUGHAL INDIA, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
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Three pages of calligraphy with birds
Mughal India, first half 17th century
Manuscript on buff paper, 6, 9 or 10ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns between gold rules, with pairs of finely drawn courting birds of various species above, within and below, two leaves composite from the same manuscript, one pair of birds inverted, mounted with coloured margins, separately framed and glazed
Calligraphy 4, 4½ and 4¾in. x 2½ in. (10, 11.5 and 12 x 6.5cm.) (3)
Mughal India, first half 17th century
Manuscript on buff paper, 6, 9 or 10ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns between gold rules, with pairs of finely drawn courting birds of various species above, within and below, two leaves composite from the same manuscript, one pair of birds inverted, mounted with coloured margins, separately framed and glazed
Calligraphy 4, 4½ and 4¾in. x 2½ in. (10, 11.5 and 12 x 6.5cm.) (3)