Three Indian and Persian Illuminated Manuscript Pages
Three Indian and Persian Illuminated Manuscript Pages
includes a pair of manuscript pages from separate books, the first painted with a couple seated on a lush outdoor veranda drinking while three attendants cater to them, in the distance a scenic landscape of palaces and a lake, the second with a hunting scene, both having script above the paintings and decorative outer border, framed identically with silk mats, and the third a larger illustrated manuscript page in Persian style with a gathering of men at a mosque, floriated border, reverse of three pages is photocopied and secured to back of each frame.
Largest: Sight size 12 1/4 x 8 in.; Framed dimensions 19 x 14 in.
Two smaller: Sight size 10 x 5 7/8 in.; Framed dimensions 15 1/2 x 11 in.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
Condition Report: Smaller pages have small minor wear and pigments seen around the edges; the larger page with loss and cracking to edges, upper left and right corners have loss; none of the paintings have been examined outside of their frames.
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Three Indian and Persian Illuminated Manuscript Pages
includes a pair of manuscript pages from separate books, the first painted with a couple seated on a lush outdoor veranda drinking while three attendants cater to them, in the distance a scenic landscape of palaces and a lake, the second with a hunting scene, both having script above the paintings and decorative outer border, framed identically with silk mats, and the third a larger illustrated manuscript page in Persian style with a gathering of men at a mosque, floriated border, reverse of three pages is photocopied and secured to back of each frame.
Largest: Sight size 12 1/4 x 8 in.; Framed dimensions 19 x 14 in.
Two smaller: Sight size 10 x 5 7/8 in.; Framed dimensions 15 1/2 x 11 in.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
Condition Report: Smaller pages have small minor wear and pigments seen around the edges; the larger page with loss and cracking to edges, upper left and right corners have loss; none of the paintings have been examined outside of their frames.
