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For more information on this lot, see the entry for lot 74 in the present sale.
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PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, POSSIBLY AWADH OR DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1730
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A PAIR OF ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC FOLIOS
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, POSSIBLY AWADH OR DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1730
Persian manuscript on paper, both religious Shi'ite texts, the first with 18ll. of black nasta'liq within clouds on a pink ground, the reverse with 13ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in a boteh motif surrounded by poppies against a gold ground; the second folio with panels of illumination between 4ll. of nasta'liq
Each, text panel 11 7⁄8 x 7in. (30.3 x 17.7cm.); folio 16 x 10 5⁄8in. (40.8 x 27cm.)
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, POSSIBLY AWADH OR DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1730
Persian manuscript on paper, both religious Shi'ite texts, the first with 18ll. of black nasta'liq within clouds on a pink ground, the reverse with 13ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in a boteh motif surrounded by poppies against a gold ground; the second folio with panels of illumination between 4ll. of nasta'liq
Each, text panel 11 7⁄8 x 7in. (30.3 x 17.7cm.); folio 16 x 10 5⁄8in. (40.8 x 27cm.)
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Sale room notice
Please note that four further paintings from this album depicting scenes from a mythical epic, one with a durbar of the Emperor Shah Alam I (1707-1712), were sold at Sotheby’s New York, 17 March 1988, lots 326-329, attributed to Mughal India circa 1710. Two of these are now in the Cleveland Museum of Art, inv.nos 2013⁄336 and 2013⁄337.
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For more information on this lot, see the entry for lot 74 in the present sale.