A standing portrait of an elderly nobleman holding prayer beads, India, Mughal, circa 1590

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Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

gouache heightened with gold on paper, the margins with Persian verses in black nasta’liq alternating with illuminated sections, the reverse with a calligraphic panel, further verses in the margins, laid down on later card

painting: 13.8 by 7.1cm.

leaf: 19.8 by 13cm.

inscriptions

recto: the margins of the painting with calligraphic cartouches comprising couplets from Jami's Salaman va Absal of the Haft Awrang

verso: with Persian verses including couplets from Kashkul by Shaykh Baha'i, and couplets by Amir Shahi (not all identified)

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