Lot Essay
From the same album as lots 5 and 8. The scene is a well-known one, showing Rabi'a, the pious lady of Basra, also known as Hazrat-i Miriam.
Details
Rabi'a
Oudh, circa 1750
gouache heightened with gold on paper, at night with a wood beyond, the lady lies on the ground ready for sleep, a long-tassled hat beside her, reading a book by candle-light, in the foreground a white dog barks beside a well, inscribed in gold nasta'liq 'Raba'ah Basri', (some flaking and staining), mounted as an album leaf, gold and black painted border, on cream leaf painted in black, red, gold and green with various animals in a landscape, verso with 6ll. of black nasta'liq, painted in yellow and orange between the lines, signed by 'Abdullah al-Husaini, cream and blue meandering vine borders, on blue leaf painted with polychrome curving rose sprays. mounted, framed and glazed
miniature 6¾ x 5in. (17.2 x 12.7cm.)
leaf 15¼ x 10¾in. (38.7 x 27.3cm.)
Oudh, circa 1750
gouache heightened with gold on paper, at night with a wood beyond, the lady lies on the ground ready for sleep, a long-tassled hat beside her, reading a book by candle-light, in the foreground a white dog barks beside a well, inscribed in gold nasta'liq 'Raba'ah Basri', (some flaking and staining), mounted as an album leaf, gold and black painted border, on cream leaf painted in black, red, gold and green with various animals in a landscape, verso with 6ll. of black nasta'liq, painted in yellow and orange between the lines, signed by 'Abdullah al-Husaini, cream and blue meandering vine borders, on blue leaf painted with polychrome curving rose sprays. mounted, framed and glazed
miniature 6¾ x 5in. (17.2 x 12.7cm.)
leaf 15¼ x 10¾in. (38.7 x 27.3cm.)