Lot Essay
The portrait of Shah Abbas is based on a work by Bishandas of the early 17th century from the Padshahnameh.
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SAFAVID PERSIA, 16TH CENTURY AND MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
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A double-sided leaf from a Mughal Album
Safavid Persia, 16th Century and Mughal India, 18th Century
Gouache heightened with gold on paper with Shah Abbas Safavi wearing an orange coat and holding a long gun, the verso with 4ll. of black nasta'liq signed below 'Ali al-Katib, both mounted on an album leaf with wide margins with a gold lattice containing lotus blossoms, framed and glazed
Folio 16 x 10.5/8in. (42.2 x 27.7cm.)
Safavid Persia, 16th Century and Mughal India, 18th Century
Gouache heightened with gold on paper with Shah Abbas Safavi wearing an orange coat and holding a long gun, the verso with 4ll. of black nasta'liq signed below 'Ali al-Katib, both mounted on an album leaf with wide margins with a gold lattice containing lotus blossoms, framed and glazed
Folio 16 x 10.5/8in. (42.2 x 27.7cm.)