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    Islamic Art & Manuscripts Including Property from The

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    27 April 2004

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    • CALLIGRAPHY
    Lot 121

    CALLIGRAPHY

    MUGHAL INDIA OR DECCAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 3,107

    Estimate

    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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    CALLIGRAPHY
    MUGHAL INDIA OR DECCAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
    Manuscript on paper, with four lines of black nasta'liq within fine gold clouds highlighted with polychrome flowers, within blue margins with gold floral illumination, mounted on an album leaf with polychrome cartouches, framed and glazed
    Calligraphy 5¾ x 2¾in. (14.5 x 7.2cm.); leaf 15 7/8 x 11¾in. (40.4 x 30cm.)

    Provenance

    Sold Stern, Drouot, Paris, May 1890

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