RECTO WITH A PORTRAIT OF A COURTIER, PROBABLY GHAZI KHAN, ZAFAR JANG VERSO WITH A NASTA'LIQ QUATRAIN WRITTEN BY MIR 'ALI, THE PAINTING MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1650-58 AD, THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED BY MIR 'ALI, HERAT OR BUKHARA, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY

RECTO WITH A PORTRAIT OF A COURTIER, PROBABLY GHAZI KHAN, ZAFAR JANG
VERSO WITH A NASTA'LIQ QUATRAIN WRITTEN BY MIR 'ALI
THE PAINTING MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1650-58 AD, THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED BY MIR 'ALI, HERAT OR BUKHARA, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, recto an extremely sensitively observed portrait on plain ground, the margins with mostly military figures surrounded by gold floral sprays, verso with four very strong diagonal lines of nasta'liq, on scrolling gold and polychrome floral ground, signed katabahu al-mudhib 'Ali al-Katib, within illuminated borders decorated with birds amidst scrolling vines
Folio 15 ¼ x 10 ins. (18.6 x 25.4 cm.)

Pre-Lot Text
A FOLIO FROM THE LATE SHAH JAHAN ALBUM