A PAIR OF ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC FOLIOS

Lot 77
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 77 | A PAIR OF ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC FOLIOS
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£ 3 000 – 5 000
A PAIR OF ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC FOLIOS

PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, POSSIBLY AWADH OR DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1730

Persian manuscript on paper, both religious Shi'ite texts, the first with 18ll. of black nasta'liq within clouds on a pink ground, the reverse with 13ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in a boteh motif surrounded by poppies against a gold ground; the second folio with panels of illumination between 4ll. of nasta'liq

Each, text panel 11 7⁄8 x 7in. (30.3 x 17.7cm.); folio 16 x 10 5⁄8in. (40.8 x 27cm.)







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