A YOUTHFUL COURTIER MUGHAL INDIA, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
A YOUTHFUL COURTIER
MUGHAL INDIA, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with 1l. of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns above, set within gold and polychrome rules on gold-speckled borders, the plain margins of red dyed card, the verso plain, mounted, surface loss to pigment
Painting 6 ¾ x 4in. (17.1 x 10cm.); folio 12 x 7 1⁄8in. (30.5 x 18.2cm.)
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Bonhams, London, 4 October 2011, lot 312
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A YOUTHFUL COURTIER
MUGHAL INDIA, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with 1l. of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns above, set within gold and polychrome rules on gold-speckled borders, the plain margins of red dyed card, the verso plain, mounted, surface loss to pigment
Painting 6 ¾ x 4in. (17.1 x 10cm.); folio 12 x 7 1⁄8in. (30.5 x 18.2cm.)
Provenance
Bonhams, London, 4 October 2011, lot 312