MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1620

細節

ELEVEN ILLUSTRATED LEAVES FROM THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1620
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, most with 9ll. of black nasta'liq with significant words picked out in blue, inner borders with floral polychrome decoration on gold ground, the outer border with bold figural illustrations against a background of varying floral and animal designs, each separately mounted, framed and glazed, with minor creases and areas of staining
Each 10½ x 6¾in. (26.7 x 17.2cm.) (11)

來源

The Hagop Kevorkian Fund, sold Sotheby's London, 21 April 1980, lots 21 and 22 (to present vendor)

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.

拍品專文

For other leaves from the manuscript, see E. Binney, The Mughal and Deccani School, Indian Miniature Painting from the Collection of Edwin Binney 3rd, Portland, Oregan, 1973, Nos. 47a and b, p. 73. Another leaf was in these Rooms, 12 October 1999, lot 101.