AN ALBUM PAGE: A PORTRAIT OF A NOBLE AND A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
AN ALBUM PAGE: A PORTRAIT OF A NOBLE AND A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY; THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED AHMAD

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AN ALBUM PAGE: A PORTRAIT OF A NOBLE AND A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY; THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED AHMAD
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the medallion portrait on green ground, he wears a pink jama and holds a rose and a gold staff, with small inscription in black nasta'liq to the left, laid down on purple and red card with gold floral lattice; the reverse with a fine nasta'liq calligraphic panel with 6ll. of script, signed 'Ahmad, mounted
Page 12¾ x 8¼in. (37.3 x 21cm.)

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