MAJNUN IN THE DESERT, FIGURE ATTRIBUTABLE TO KESU DAS, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1610
MAJNUN IN THE DESERT
FIGURE ATTRIBUTABLE TO KESU DAS, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1610
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, an emaciated Majnun sits in the wilderness surrounded by wild animals, within double gold illuminated floral margins, reverse with two nasta'liq couplets signed Jawahir Raqam within gold floral margins and gold-speckled borders
Painting 8 ¼ x 4 ¾in. (21 x 12.1cm.); folio 11 ½ x 8in. (29.3 x 20.2cm.)
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MAJNUN IN THE DESERT
FIGURE ATTRIBUTABLE TO KESU DAS, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1610
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, an emaciated Majnun sits in the wilderness surrounded by wild animals, within double gold illuminated floral margins, reverse with two nasta'liq couplets signed Jawahir Raqam within gold floral margins and gold-speckled borders
Painting 8 ¼ x 4 ¾in. (21 x 12.1cm.); folio 11 ½ x 8in. (29.3 x 20.2cm.)
Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION