Sale 6895
London
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27 April 2004
Price realised
GBP 3,107
Estimate
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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