Six Safavid style miniatures, gouache heightened with gold on paper, mounted on card, including: Laila and Majnun with attendants and animals, lines of nasta'liq below - 7 x 6in. (17.8 x 15.2cm.); encampment scene showing women at various domestic tasks around a tent - 10 x 6in. (25.4 x 15.2cm.); four miniatures from a series or an album, showing an encampment, killing a div, a game of polo and Zal rescued from the Simurgh, each with gold and black painted border - 16½ x 10¼in. (42 x 26cm.), all 19th and early 20th century (6)

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Six Safavid style miniatures, gouache heightened with gold on paper, mounted on card, including: Laila and Majnun with attendants and animals, lines of nasta'liq below - 7 x 6in. (17.8 x 15.2cm.); encampment scene showing women at various domestic tasks around a tent - 10 x 6in. (25.4 x 15.2cm.); four miniatures from a series or an album, showing an encampment, killing a div, a game of polo and Zal rescued from the Simurgh, each with gold and black painted border - 16½ x 10¼in. (42 x 26cm.), all 19th and early 20th century (6)

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