Four lines of Qur’anic verse written diagonally in nasta‘liq calligraphy, with cloud-motifs and panels of illumination; inner border of panels of nasta‘liq calligraphy from a ghazal; signed ‘Ali al-Katib.. Artist(s): Mir ‘Ali al-Katib (fl.c.1500)
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Four lines of Qur’anic verse written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy, with cloud-motifs and panels of illumination; inner border of panels of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy from a ‘ghazal’; signed ‘‘Ali al-Katib.’ 112 by 45 mm.
Three baits of’a masnavi poem in nasta‘liq calligraphy, with interlinear floral decoration on gold; border with panels of calligraphy
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Three ‘baits’ of’a’ masnavi’ poem in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy, with interlinear floral decoration on gold; border with panels of calligraphy. 94 by 60 mm.
A young prince kneeling before a mulla, with scribal materials and a cat
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A young prince kneels before a mulla who holds a book on which is written the two opening ‘baits’ of a ‘ghazal’ by Hafiz. Books and an ink-pot are before him and a cat sleeps on the corner of the carpet; a town is in the distance. Attributed to Artist B, Mughal, c.1635. G...
A pink rose, a blue iris and a yellow daisy, growing beside water
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A pink rose, a blue iris and a yellow daisy, growing beside water; gold clouds at top. By the same artist as f.71v, Mughal, c.1635. Gouache with gold; background not coloured. 176 by 103 mm.
A lady, facing right, stands in a landscape, holding a glass bottle and a gold cup upon a dish. A European church and the buildings of a chateau are in the middle distance. Mughal, c.1635. Gouache with gold. 171 by 100 mm.
A mulla kneeling beneath a weeping tree, holding a volume
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A mulla dressed in yellow kneels on a plinth holding a volume beneath a weeping tree. Attributed to Artist D, Mughal, c.1635. Gouache with gold; sky extended; couplet of verse above. 141 by 81 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.
The Virgin and Child resting on the Flight into Egypt. European print on an album leaf
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A European engraving of the Virgin and Child resting during the Flight into Egypt. Late 16th or early 17th century. Border with panels of calligraphy. 83 by 60 mm.