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.
Gold formal landscape with animals. Dara Shikoh's dedicatory inscription to Nadira Banu Begum.
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Formal landscape of trees and flowers with deer, birds, lynxes, foxes and lions; clouds at top. Mughal, c.1630-40. Executed in gold, with an inscription (‘see above)’ which has been obliterated in gold; the gold has subsequently worn away, particularly over the black ink o...
Right hand half of a double page illuminated heading with fine floral and arabesque decoration.
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The right-hand half of a double page illuminated heading with fine floral and arabesque decoration in colours and gold. Mughal, c.1610-30. The seven lines of ‘nasta‘liq,’ an extract from a manual of Sufism, have been set with interlinear floral illumination in a different ...
Quatrain written in nasta‘liq calligraphy by Muhammad Salih for his son; background of floral arabesques on gold; lines of verse in smaller nasta‘liq set alongside.. Artist(s): Muhammad Salih (fl.c.1630-1640)
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Quatrain written in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Muhammad Salih for his son; background of floral arabesques on gold; lines of verse in smaller ‘nasta‘liq’ set alongside. 223 by 146 mm.
A mulla standing in a field holds a book in his left hand, and wears a striped cloak with fur collar: birds and clouds above. Attributed to Artist B, Mughal, c.1635. Gouache with gold. 153 by 87 mm.
Ten lines of masnavi verse in nasta‘liq calligraphy, six of the lines set diagonally.
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Ten lines of ‘masnavi’ verse in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy, six of the lines set diagonally; background of floral arabesques on gold; the lines of calligraphy are not contiguous, but have been reset. 152 by 99 mm.
A young prince seated with a river scene in the distance
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A young Mughal prince is seated against a gold cushion. There is a river scene in the distance with a boat appearing from the right. Mughal, c.1630. Gouache with gold. 151 by 89 mm.