PORTRAIT OF A NOBLE LADY, PROBABLY FARZANA BEGUM

Lot 97
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 97 | PORTRAIT OF A NOBLE LADY, PROBABLY FARZANA BEGUM
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£ 7 000 – 10 000
PORTRAIT OF A NOBLE LADY, PROBABLY FARZANA BEGUM

MUGHAL INDIA, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, within an inner border of panels of verses of Persian poetry in black nasta'liq alternating with gold illumination, a blue outer border with gold floral arabesques, gold and polychrome rules, the buff paper margin illuminated with paintings of flowers and butterflies, set within a card mount with pencil inscriptions, the reverse with a note in pencil

Painting 6 3/8 x 3 5/8in. (16.4 x 9cm.); folio 17 3/8 x 12 7/8in. (44 x 32.5 cm.)

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