Lot Essay
The Deccani Prince illustrated on this album leaf is identified as Shams al-Umara.
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HYDERABAD, CIRCA 1780-1820
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A DOUBLE SIDED ALBUM LEAF
HYDERABAD, CIRCA 1780-1820
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, one side with a large scale depiction of Farhad carrying Shirin and her white horse on his shoulders, two nervous looking attendants watch on, a sprawling town on the horizon, the other side depicting a heavily armed Deccani prince in white robes, identification inscription above in black nasta'liq, both miniatures laid down between minor gold illuminated borders on a wide album leaf with gold floral illumination
Largest miniature 9¾ x 6¼in. (24.1 x 15.5cm.); folio 17¼ x 10 7/8in. (44 x 27.5cm.)
HYDERABAD, CIRCA 1780-1820
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, one side with a large scale depiction of Farhad carrying Shirin and her white horse on his shoulders, two nervous looking attendants watch on, a sprawling town on the horizon, the other side depicting a heavily armed Deccani prince in white robes, identification inscription above in black nasta'liq, both miniatures laid down between minor gold illuminated borders on a wide album leaf with gold floral illumination
Largest miniature 9¾ x 6¼in. (24.1 x 15.5cm.); folio 17¼ x 10 7/8in. (44 x 27.5cm.)
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