AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM AN INDIAN EPIC
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM AN INDIAN EPIC

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

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