An Illustration from Nusrati's Gulshan-i-Ishq: The lovesick Prince Manohara falls unconscious into his father's lap Five lines of calligraphy on the recto

The Ehrenfeld Collection, San Francisco

Daniel J. Ehnbom, Indian Miniatures: The Ehrenfeld Collection, New York, 1985, cat. 38, illustrated

Fairly good overall condition. Some stains, spots and foxing to white folio border and white image ground near the fountain at the bottom. Minute spots of flaking to dark green ground adjacent to the banana leaves at upper left and one tiny spot of flaking to the mango tree adjacent to the white cornice, all visible in the catalogue illustration. 5 lines of calligraphy on verso. Unframed.
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The Gulshan-i-Ishq or Rose Garden of Love was composed during the reign of Ali Adil Shah II of Bijapur. It recounts the love story of Prince Manohara and his beloved Princess Madhumalati and is based on the conventions of the Indian romance tradition.

The illustrations from this manuscript, now widely dispersed, epitomize the Deccani style of symmetrical compositions bearing fine detailing and delicate coloring, resulting in harmonious paintings imbued with a dreamlike quality. For other illustrations from the same album see, Mark Zebrowski, Deccani Painting, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1983, p. 224, nos. 195 and 196.