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DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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TWO ALBUM PAGES : MULLAH MUHAMMAD NAZIK AND DATI BABA
DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the first with the bearded scholar facing left, depicted kneeling on a terrace, wearing white turban and tunic, flanked by two trees bearing blooms, identified below as Hazrat Mullah Muhammad Nazik (?), laid down on pink card with gold floral decoration; the reverse with two panels of black naskh script, on green card with gold floral decoration; the second with the mullah facing right, depicted kneeling in a floral field, wearing white turban and brown tunic, identified as Hazrat Dati Baba, laid down on green card with gold floral decoration; the reverse with two panels of black naskh script, on blue card with gold floral decoration
Each page 16 ¼ x 9 ¼in. (41.2 x 23.5cm.); the first painting 7 ¼ x 5 3/8in. (18.5 x 13.7cm.); the second painting 6 ¼ x 4 ½in. (16 x 11.5cm.)
DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the first with the bearded scholar facing left, depicted kneeling on a terrace, wearing white turban and tunic, flanked by two trees bearing blooms, identified below as Hazrat Mullah Muhammad Nazik (?), laid down on pink card with gold floral decoration; the reverse with two panels of black naskh script, on green card with gold floral decoration; the second with the mullah facing right, depicted kneeling in a floral field, wearing white turban and brown tunic, identified as Hazrat Dati Baba, laid down on green card with gold floral decoration; the reverse with two panels of black naskh script, on blue card with gold floral decoration
Each page 16 ¼ x 9 ¼in. (41.2 x 23.5cm.); the first painting 7 ¼ x 5 3/8in. (18.5 x 13.7cm.); the second painting 6 ¼ x 4 ½in. (16 x 11.5cm.)
Provenance
Lockwood de Forest II (1850-1932), thence Lockwood de Forest III (1896-1949) and his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1984)
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