SAFAVID IRAN AND MUGHAL INDIA, 16TH CENTURY AND LATER

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AN ILLUSTRATED ALBUM PAGE WITH CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED BY SULTAN 'ALI [MASHHADI]
SAFAVID IRAN AND MUGHAL INDIA, 16TH CENTURY AND LATER
Probably Ramkali Ragini, ink and gouache heightened with gold on paper, a lady putting on her turban in front of a mirror held by an attendant, the reverse with a nasta'liq couplet in clouds on a ground of gold outlined scrolling vine, with gold and polychrome floral illumination in the top right and lower left corners, with six further nasta'liq verses including a bayt from Nizami's Makhzan al-Asrar in praise of the Prophet Muhammad set around the central panel in rectangular cartouches, signed al-'abd al-mudhnib sultan 'ali, polychrome borders with gold scrolling vine, folio set inside wide gold-speckled card mounts with attached flyleaf
Painting 5 x 4 1/8in. (12.7 x 10.5cm.); calligraphy 5 7/8 x 3 5/8in. (14.8 x 9.2cm.); folio 13¾ x 9¾in. (35 x 24.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

For a note on Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi, and another lot in this sale by the celebrated calligrapher, see lot 5.

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