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Two Illustrated and Illuminated Leaves from a Mughal Manuscript: A Battle and the Hunt, India, Mughal, circa 1780
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Ink, Gouache & Gold on Paper
Ink, gouache and gold on paper, one leaf depicting a battle scene within a rocky landscape, the other with a prince on horseback in pursuit of two deers, a palace in the background, both paintings ruled in colours in gold, with outer margins filled with large naturalistic flowers in gold, the reverse of the hunt painting with 25 lines of text in Nasta'liq script in black ink, the other leaf reverse left blank