A DOUBLE-SIDED ALBUM PAGE: FARHAD CARRYING SHIRIN AND A PORTRAIT OF A DECCANI PRINCE, SHAMS AL-UMARA, HYDERABAD, DECCAN, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1780-1820

A DOUBLE-SIDED ALBUM PAGE: FARHAD CARRYING SHIRIN AND A PORTRAIT OF A DECCANI PRINCE, SHAMS AL-UMARA
HYDERABAD, DECCAN, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1780-1820
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, one side with a depiction of Farhad carrying Shirin and her white horse on his shoulders, two nervous looking attendants look on, the other side depicting an armed Deccani prince in white robes, both illustrations with identification inscriptions above in red and black nasta'liq, laid down between minor gold illuminated borders on a wide album page with gold floral illumination
Larger painting 9 ¾ x 6 ¼in. (24.8 x 15.9cm.); folio 17 3/8 x 10 7/8in. (44.2 x 27.6cm.)

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