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PROVINCIAL MUGHAL SCHOOL, INDIA, CIRCA 1800; THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED MIR TAHIR (?), 17TH CENTURY
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A MUGHAL COURTIER
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL SCHOOL, INDIA, CIRCA 1800; THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED MIR TAHIR (?), 17TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, he stands facing right, wearing a jewelled turban and a bright orange jama, his hands rest on his sword and katar, laid down on card with pink borders, the reverse with fine nasta’liq calligraphic panel signed in the lower left corner
9 ½ x 5 ½in. (24.3 x 13.9cm.)
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL SCHOOL, INDIA, CIRCA 1800; THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED MIR TAHIR (?), 17TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, he stands facing right, wearing a jewelled turban and a bright orange jama, his hands rest on his sword and katar, laid down on card with pink borders, the reverse with fine nasta’liq calligraphic panel signed in the lower left corner
9 ½ x 5 ½in. (24.3 x 13.9cm.)
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