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MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM AN INDIAN EPIC
MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, from an illustrated manuscript, the rounded shamsa depicting Jahangir enthroned under a canopy, a nobleman standing before him, fanned by an attendant, the allegoric depiction of the world as a globe at his feet, within an illuminated roundel, with 8ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in two columns below, between red, blue and black-ruled gold frame, the reverse with 14ll. of similar script, wormholing, otherwise in good condition
MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, from an illustrated manuscript, the rounded shamsa depicting Jahangir enthroned under a canopy, a nobleman standing before him, fanned by an attendant, the allegoric depiction of the world as a globe at his feet, within an illuminated roundel, with 8ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in two columns below, between red, blue and black-ruled gold frame, the reverse with 14ll. of similar script, wormholing, otherwise in good condition