A MUGHAL NOBLE

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25.04.2024 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 84 | A MUGHAL NOBLE
A MUGHAL NOBLE

MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Opaque pigments on paper set within gold rules, an inner border of plain, gold-speckled paper and Qajar wider outer border with animal and foliate designs, the margins of gold-speckled paper repurposed from a Qur'an manuscript, with an illuminated recitation marker, the verso plain

Painting 7 x 3 ¾in. (17.8 x 9.5cm.); folio 13 1⁄8 x 9 ¼in. (33.5 x 23.5cm.)





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Property of R.S. Greenshields, sold Sotheby's London, 10 February 1936, lot 103
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