ID 828845
Lot 97 | PORTRAIT OF A NOBLE LADY, PROBABLY FARZANA BEGUM
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
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.)
| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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