Lot Essay
A similar page can be seen in Toby Falk (ed.) Treasures of Islam, no.145, p.167
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MUGHAL INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
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CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM PAGE
MUGHAL INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, with four lines of elegant black nasta'liq in clouds, reserved against a gold ground, signed faqir 'abd al-rashid in lower left corner, three triangular panels with arabesque over blue ground, mounted in a fine late 18th century border of stylized floral sprays, each containing three yellow flowers, interspersed with smaller blue and pink single flowers, highlighted with gold, good condition, framed and glazed
Folio 16½ x 11 1/8in. (42 x 28.6cm.)
MUGHAL INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, with four lines of elegant black nasta'liq in clouds, reserved against a gold ground, signed faqir 'abd al-rashid in lower left corner, three triangular panels with arabesque over blue ground, mounted in a fine late 18th century border of stylized floral sprays, each containing three yellow flowers, interspersed with smaller blue and pink single flowers, highlighted with gold, good condition, framed and glazed
Folio 16½ x 11 1/8in. (42 x 28.6cm.)