Rustem killing Arjang Div
Mughal, circa 1630
Pen and ink heightened with colour on paper, in the centre of a hunting enclosure, Rustem stabs the div, while his soldiers look on from all around, foxes play in the fore- and background, (negligible spotting, one small tear), applied gold painted foliate borders, on an album leaf with red and blue borders painted with gold meandering vine, in gold and coloured margins, cream leaf painted with gold and polychrome arabesques and vine (slight fading and wear)
miniature 7½ x 4¾in. (19.1 x 12cm.)
Rustem killing Arjang Div
Mughal, circa 1630
Pen and ink heightened with colour on paper, in the centre of a hunting enclosure, Rustem stabs the div, while his soldiers look on from all around, foxes play in the fore- and background, (negligible spotting, one small tear), applied gold painted foliate borders, on an album leaf with red and blue borders painted with gold meandering vine, in gold and coloured margins, cream leaf painted with gold and polychrome arabesques and vine (slight fading and wear)
miniature 7½ x 4¾in. (19.1 x 12cm.)
