Lot Essay
See note to lot 7.
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1580
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Khujista talking to the parrot
Mughal India, circa 1580
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a leaf from the Tutinameh of Akbar, the lady wearing an orange dress over white trousers, gold bracelets and rings, kneeling on a blue and gold carpet in a small room and gesticulating at the green parrot which is standing inside its cage, 8ll. of black nasta'liq below, verso with full page of text, light wear, slight repainting, remargined
Text area 6 x 3 3/8in. (15 x 8.6cm.); miniature 3½ x 4¼in. (9 x 10.7cm.)
Mughal India, circa 1580
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a leaf from the Tutinameh of Akbar, the lady wearing an orange dress over white trousers, gold bracelets and rings, kneeling on a blue and gold carpet in a small room and gesticulating at the green parrot which is standing inside its cage, 8ll. of black nasta'liq below, verso with full page of text, light wear, slight repainting, remargined
Text area 6 x 3 3/8in. (15 x 8.6cm.); miniature 3½ x 4¼in. (9 x 10.7cm.)