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Twenty-three portraits and various other sketches from a 19th century Persian album, many of them by Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari.
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Twenty-three portraits and various other sketches from a 19th century Persian album, many of them by Abu’l Hasan Ghaffari. Qajar. Eighteenth to nineteenth centuries. Literature: Rieu, Supp. p.262. Titley no. 42. B. W. Robinson, ‘Persian Miniature Painting from Collections in the British Isles’,...
Futuh al-Haramain, a poetical description of the Holy Places and the rites of pilgrimage by Muhyi al-Din Lari. Seventeen miniatures.
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‘Futuh al-Haramain’, a poetical description of the Holy Places and the rites of pilgrimage by Muhyi al-Din Lari. Seventeen miniatures. Probably Persian, sixteenth century. Literature: Handlist, p.73. Titley no. 256. f.18b. The Haram at Mecca with the Ka‘bah in the centre. f.20a. The Safa and ...
'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, of unknown authorship, dedicated to the Seljuk Sultan Tughril (reg. 1175-93). Ms is defective and now contains 122 miniatures in a primitve Sultanate style.
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'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, of unknown authorship, dedicated to the Seljuk Sultan Tughril (reg. 1175-93). Ms is defective and now contains 122 miniatures in a primitve Sultanate style.
A manuscript bag for a palm leaf (bai lan) manuscript from Thailand, made from printed cotton. Outer layer has red, brown and white floral ornaments. Inner layer is made from cream coloured Thai cotton. The printed cotton for the outer layer may have been imported into Thailand from Sri Lanka or...