A NASTA'LIQ QUATRAIN, SIGNED MIR 'ALI, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1650-58

A NASTA'LIQ QUATRAIN
SIGNED MIR 'ALI, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1650-58
Persian manuscript on paper, with 4ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in red-outlined clouds reserved against gold ground with flowing polychrome floral illumination, a line below signed al faqir Mir 'Ali, laid down between polychrome rules and minor blue and gold floral borders and another with pink cloudbands reserved against gold ground on wide margins decorated with elegant floral sprays and a variety of birds, a silver stream along the lower edge, minor areas of smudging and flaking, mounted on plain card

Calligraphic panel 6 1/8 x 2 ½in. (15.5 x 6.5cm.); folio 15 x 9¾in. (38.2 x 24.8cm.)

A FOLIO FROM A ROYAL ALBUM MADE FOR SHAH JAHAN, PROBABLY THE LATE SHAH JAHAN ALBUM