A simurgh. Deccan, c.1650. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Drawing with silver and gold; on an album page with green border. Seal of Rashid Khan, ‘Alamgir Padshah Ghazi, with the date 48, probably for the 48th regnal year of Aurangzeb. 123 by 169 mm; page 162 by 240 mm. Reverse: a...
Two bulbuls seated on a rose bush silhouetted against a sunset sky. By an artist of the neo-Bengal school. Water-colour; 15 by 6 ins. Presented by Sir Paul Patrick 1938.
Gold formal landscape with animals. Librarians' seals and inscriptions.
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Formal landscape with trees birds and flowers, and deer grazing; clouds at top. Mughal, c.1635-40. Guard page executed in gold, with inscriptions. 325 by 235 mm.