ID 1306391
Lot 145 | NUR JAHAN
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
MUGHAL INDIA, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid within a double margin, the inner with floral meander, the outer dusty blue with gold floral meander, laid down on card, the borders decorated with gold cusped palmettes, with applied gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, reverse with 6ll. black nasta'liq script, laid down on gold-speckled margins
The painting 7 ¾ x 5in. (19.7 x 12.8cm.); folio 16 1/8 x 10 ¼in. (41 x 26.1cm.)
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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