ID 932085
Lot 81 | AN IMAGINARY POPPY
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
SIGNED MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM MASHHADI, DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1700
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set within blue and gold margins with black rules, the reverse with Persian poetry arranged in 9ll. black nasta'liq in clouds against gold and polychrome illuminated ground, set within blue and gold borders, illuminated foliate margins with double black outer rules
Painting 6 1/8 x 2 3/4in. (15.5 x 6.5cm.); folio 4 7/8 x 8 1/8in. (20.6 x 12.4cm.)
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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