Demon, watercolour and gold on paper, in the style of Siyah Qalam, wearing a loin cloth and heavy white braclets, the curly-haired demon squats with one arm raised, the other holding a dagger, gold and coloured margins, on blue leaf painted with gold flowering vine, verso with 6ll. of black shikasteh divided by coloured floral sprays, Ottoman, signed by ... al-Sultani and with date AH 957/1500-51 AD, (spotted, staining and tears to edgs of leaf) - leaf 11¼x 7in. (28.5 x 17.8cm.)

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Demon, watercolour and gold on paper, in the style of Siyah Qalam, wearing a loin cloth and heavy white braclets, the curly-haired demon squats with one arm raised, the other holding a dagger, gold and coloured margins, on blue leaf painted with gold flowering vine, verso with 6ll. of black shikasteh divided by coloured floral sprays, Ottoman, signed by ... al-Sultani and with date AH 957/1500-51 AD, (spotted, staining and tears to edgs of leaf) - leaf 11¼x 7in. (28.5 x 17.8cm.)
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For paintings in similar style see: Rogers, J.M.: Tokapi Manuscripts, New York 1986, nos 84-89 and 964-97.

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