Two flowering plants with a pair of butterflies alighting
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Two flowering plants with a pair of large butterflies alighting from above. Attributed to Artist B, Mughal, c.1635. Gouache; background not coloured. 172 by 103 mm.
A quatrain written diagonally in nasta‘liq calligraphy; corners of floral illumination; signed Muhammad Husain.. Artist(s): Muhammad Husain al-Kashmiri, Zarin Qalam (fl.1560-1611)
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A quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy; corners of floral illumination; signed ‘Muhammad Husain.’ 165 by 83 mm. Folios 55 and 56 are missing.
A dervish stands holding a large volume and a serpentine staff; green background with clouds at top. Attributed to Artist D, Mughal, c.1635. Gouache. 168 by 99 mm.
A lady, facing right, stands with a tame mongoose on a lead; dark green background. By the same artist as f.16, Mughal, c.1635. Gouache with gold; extended at edges. 172 by 102 mm.
The opening four lines of the Wasaya, with a headpiece of illumination in colours and gold; text written in nasta‘liq calligraphy with interlinear decoration in gold; two lines of title in smaller script above
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The opening four lines of the ‘Wasaya’, attributed to the Sasanian king, Ardashir, being testamentary advices for his son Shapur, with a headpiece of illumination in colours and gold; text written in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy with interlinear decoration in gold; two lines of title in smalle...
A youthful prince, facing left and dressed in orange, stands with one hand on his hip and the other on the head of his staff; green background. Mughal, c.1630. Gouache with gold. 163 by 95 mm.
A mulla teaching three pupils, one of whom washes his feet
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A mulla is teaching three pupils beneath a tree. One of the pupils washes his feet instead of reading. Mughal, c.1635. Tinted drawing. 154 by 80 mm. Reproduced: Smith (1911), pl.cxxix; Binyon and Arnold (1921), pl.xxiii.
Three baits of a ghazal written diagonally in nasta‘liq calligraphy on blue paper; corners of floral illumination; border of panels of script on two sides, signed Shah Mahmud. Artist(s): Shah Mahmud
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Three ‘baits’ of a ‘ghazal’ written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy on blue paper; corners of floral illumination; border of panels of script on two sides, signed ‘Shah Mahmud’ (Huart (1908), 225-26). 158 by 67 mm.