A PRINCE COUNSELLED BY AN ELDERLY MINISTER

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27.10.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 7 | A PRINCE COUNSELLED BY AN ELDERLY MINISTER
A PRINCE COUNSELLED BY AN ELDERLY MINISTER

MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1590

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set within red and gold rules, the margins pale blue with gold floral meander and inscription cartouche, verso with a calligraphic panel, with 8ll. of black nasta'liq reserved against gold ground with floral arabesques, set within gold and red rules, the borders pale blue with gold floral meander, on illuminated margins

Painting 11 3/8 x 7 ¼in. (29.3 x 18cm.); folio 12 ¾ x 9 1/8in. (32.6 x 23.5cm.) at largest

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