The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Online

A composite calligraphic album page bearing the name of Emperor Akbar, India, Mughal, late 16th century

UK: Greenford Park WarehouseVAT reduced rate

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October 27, 01:56 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Persian manuscript on paper, the central panel with 6 diagonal lines of nasta'liq in black ink, border panels of further lines of nasta'liq and shikasteh in blue and black ink interspersed with gold and polychrome illuminated panels, ruled in gold and polychrome, within gold sprinkled buff-pink margins, verso with later nasta'liq inscriptions

text panel 25.5 by 15.8cm.

leaf 30.8 by 20cm.

On loan at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.

inscriptions:

Main panel: couplets from a ghazal of Jami

Upper panel:

jalal-e mellat o din padshah-e molk-e yaqin

khadiv-e yomn o yamin shahriyar-e yasr (o) yasar

‘The glory of the nation and religion, the emperor of the kingdom of true faith,

The ruler of auspiciousness and felicity, the monarch of ease (and) plenty’

Lower panel:

muhammad akbar-e ghazi ke mohreh-ye tofakash