Lot 90
- 90
An Illustrated and Illuminated Album Page from Nizami's Sharaf-nama: Alexander before Nushaba, India, Mughal, 18th century, 18th century
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Ink, Gouache and Gold on Paper
Ink and gouache on paper, heightened with gold, the painting depicting a princely figure enthroned amid scores of male and female attendants beneath a canopy on a terrace, bordered by panels containing Persian text in Nasta'liq script within cloudbands against gold grounds with triangular corners decorated with polychrome and gold foliate patterns, a further dark blue border with leafy scrolls in gold, outer margins filled with coloured naturalistic flowers, the reverse with a central panel of Nasta'liq calligraphy ruled in colours and gold, laid down on an album page flecked with gold