Lot Essay
For a discussion on the Hamla-i Haydari and these illustrations see lot 1.
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DECCAN, POSSIBLY GOLCONDA, CENTRAL INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Details
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE HAMLA-I HAYDARI: 'AMR BIN UMAYYAH AL-DAMRI KILLS TWO MEN FROM THE BANU 'AMIR TRIBE
DECCAN, POSSIBLY GOLCONDA, CENTRAL INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a turbaned man with his tulwar over his shoulder is contemplating two men with their throat slit in a courtyard, four columns of text in black nasta'liq script above and below, the reverse with text arranged in four columns of black nasta'liq script, mounted
Painting 7 7/8 x 9 5/8in. (20.2 x 24.5cm.); folio 11 x 19 ½in. (28 x 49.5cm.)
DECCAN, POSSIBLY GOLCONDA, CENTRAL INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a turbaned man with his tulwar over his shoulder is contemplating two men with their throat slit in a courtyard, four columns of text in black nasta'liq script above and below, the reverse with text arranged in four columns of black nasta'liq script, mounted
Painting 7 7/8 x 9 5/8in. (20.2 x 24.5cm.); folio 11 x 19 ½in. (28 x 49.5cm.)
Provenance
The William P. Cleary Collection, Sausalito, CA
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