A noble with visitors, gouache heightened with gold on paper, possibly from a Gita Govinda, in an open pavillion, the noble sits, wearing gold robes, four woman and an elderly man sit before him, an elderly woman sits behind and two women stand, one of whom covers her eyes, (light rubbing and wear), Aurangabad, late 17th century, applied to leaf with gold meandering vine border, verso with applied painting of a noble and retinue in boats on a lake - leaf 8 x 6½in. (20.3 x 16.5cm.); and five leaves from a Kashmiri manuscript, 10ll. of black nasta'liq, gold and coloured floral border, diagonal script in margin, each with a finely painted small illustration, mounted on card - 7¼ x 8in. (18.5 x 20.4cm.), 18th/19th century

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A noble with visitors, gouache heightened with gold on paper, possibly from a Gita Govinda, in an open pavillion, the noble sits, wearing gold robes, four woman and an elderly man sit before him, an elderly woman sits behind and two women stand, one of whom covers her eyes, (light rubbing and wear), Aurangabad, late 17th century, applied to leaf with gold meandering vine border, verso with applied painting of a noble and retinue in boats on a lake - leaf 8 x 6½in. (20.3 x 16.5cm.); and five leaves from a Kashmiri manuscript, 10ll. of black nasta'liq, gold and coloured floral border, diagonal script in margin, each with a finely painted small illustration, mounted on card - 7¼ x 8in. (18.5 x 20.4cm.), 18th/19th century
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Lot Essay

The design of the carpet is extremely similar to that in two other miniatures from Aurangabad, both illustrations to a Gita Govinda. See: Sotheby's, 7 July 1977, lot 87 and Maggs Bros, September 1978, Bulletin no.29. no.4.

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