Property from an Important Private Collection Two stenciled scenes of a hunt...
Property from an Important Private Collection
Two stenciled scenes of a hunt and a calligraphic composition,
Mughal period, 19th century,
on paper, the first with horsemen spearing and shooting arrows at a bull charging a dismounted hunter, a shrine, city and fort on hills and rocky outcrops in the background, laid on card within gold and blue rules and wide floral margins, the reverse plain, together with a composite calligraphic panel, the nasta'liq quatrain with signature rubbed, laid on card between calligraphic panels in similar script, within thin blue and gold rules, the reverse with a standing portrait of a courtier, similarly laid ; and a stencil, the hunting scene 33 x 26cm. (3)
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Property from an Important Private Collection
Two stenciled scenes of a hunt and a calligraphic composition,
Mughal period, 19th century,
on paper, the first with horsemen spearing and shooting arrows at a bull charging a dismounted hunter, a shrine, city and fort on hills and rocky outcrops in the background, laid on card within gold and blue rules and wide floral margins, the reverse plain, together with a composite calligraphic panel, the nasta'liq quatrain with signature rubbed, laid on card between calligraphic panels in similar script, within thin blue and gold rules, the reverse with a standing portrait of a courtier, similarly laid ; and a stencil, the hunting scene 33 x 26cm. (3)