Lot 100
  • 100

Miniature moghole montée en page d'album, Inde, vers 1620-1650

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
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Description

gouache et or sur papier, représentant deux personnages auréolés évoluant dans un paysage, sur une colline, et discutant, deux anges ailés dans le ciel, marge intérieure ornée de rinceaux foliés sur un fond bleu, suivie de plusieurs autres marges polychromes et dorées, montée sur une page d'album garnie de bouquets rehaussés à l'or, zones d'usures importantes dans la partie inférieure, le verso vide

Condition

The gouache worn mainly on the lower area as visible on illustration. there are a few minor stains to the margin. the page is much larger than it appears on illustration. There are details of constructions in the background in the lower right area the catalogue illustration doesn't show. In general the details are nicer in reality than in the catalogue illustration.
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Catalogue Note

A mughal gouache on paper laid on an album page, India, circa 1620-50