SA'DI WITH COMPANIONS IN A LANDSCAPE ALBUM LEAF, THE PAINTING...
SA'DI WITH COMPANIONS IN A LANDSCAPE
ALBUM LEAF, THE PAINTING MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1650; THE BORDER ILLUMINATION WITH ASCRIPTION TO BALCHAND, LUCKNOW, INDIA, MID 18TH CENTURY; THE CALLIGRAPHY BY MUHAMMAD AFZAL, MUGHAL INDIA, MID 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid down within gold and polychrome rules, light blue borders with gold floral meander, the margins decorated with vertical columns of gold floral meander on a plain ground alternating with columns of gold, later inscription in black Urdu along the upper edge identifying the scene and attributing the work to Balchand, 'tasvir' written similarly along the bottom edge, the reverse with a calligraphic panel, a Persian qasida in praise of Imam 'Ali, 11ll. fine nasta'liq written horizontally and on the diagonal in clouds reserved against a gold ground with polychrome floral decoration, the buff borders with gold floral meander, the blue margins decorated with offset rows of red flowers, mounted, framed and glazed
The painting 5 ½ x 4in. (14 x 10.2cm.); the calligraphy 9 3⁄8 x 6in. (23.8 x 15.2cm.); folio 14 3⁄8 x 10 1/8in. (36.6 x 25.7cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, UK, before 1930 and thence by descent until 2026
Literature
On the reverse, a Persian qasida in praise of Imam ‘Ali, signed by Muhammad Afzal in the cartouche at the bottom
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SA'DI WITH COMPANIONS IN A LANDSCAPE
ALBUM LEAF, THE PAINTING MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1650; THE BORDER ILLUMINATION WITH ASCRIPTION TO BALCHAND, LUCKNOW, INDIA, MID 18TH CENTURY; THE CALLIGRAPHY BY MUHAMMAD AFZAL, MUGHAL INDIA, MID 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid down within gold and polychrome rules, light blue borders with gold floral meander, the margins decorated with vertical columns of gold floral meander on a plain ground alternating with columns of gold, later inscription in black Urdu along the upper edge identifying the scene and attributing the work to Balchand, 'tasvir' written similarly along the bottom edge, the reverse with a calligraphic panel, a Persian qasida in praise of Imam 'Ali, 11ll. fine nasta'liq written horizontally and on the diagonal in clouds reserved against a gold ground with polychrome floral decoration, the buff borders with gold floral meander, the blue margins decorated with offset rows of red flowers, mounted, framed and glazed
The painting 5 ½ x 4in. (14 x 10.2cm.); the calligraphy 9 3⁄8 x 6in. (23.8 x 15.2cm.); folio 14 3⁄8 x 10 1/8in. (36.6 x 25.7cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, UK, before 1930 and thence by descent until 2026
Literature
On the reverse, a Persian qasida in praise of Imam ‘Ali, signed by Muhammad Afzal in the cartouche at the bottom
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
