Nur Jahan Begum, wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, holding a bottle and a wine cup Deccan, late 17th/18th Centurygouache and gold on paper, nasta'liq inscription Nur Jahan Baygum in gold on painted surface, laid down on an album page with gold-decorated borders; verso, a calligraphic page, copied by Muhammad Wasil, Persia or India, dated AH 1110/AD 1698-99, two couplets of poetry written diagonally in large, bold nasta'liq script within cloudbands against a ground of foliate motifs in gold painting 144 x 83 mm.; calligraphic page 187 x 100 mm.; album page 380 x 263 mm.FootnotesProvenance Private collection, London. The text verso consists of two couplets from a ghazal of Hafiz. The scribe, Muhammad Wasil, is not recorded.
Nur Jahan Begum, wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, holding a bottle and a wine cup Deccan, late 17th/18th Centurygouache and gold on paper, nasta'liq inscription Nur Jahan Baygum in gold on painted surface, laid down on an album page with gold-decorated borders; verso, a calligraphic page, copied by Muhammad Wasil, Persia or India, dated AH 1110/AD 1698-99, two couplets of poetry written diagonally in large, bold nasta'liq script within cloudbands against a ground of foliate motifs in gold painting 144 x 83 mm.; calligraphic page 187 x 100 mm.; album page 380 x 263 mm.FootnotesProvenance Private collection, London. The text verso consists of two couplets from a ghazal of Hafiz. The scribe, Muhammad Wasil, is not recorded.
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
