THE PAINTING BY A FOLLOWER OF REZA ABBASI, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN, CIRCA 1630; THE BORDERS MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1640-58, 1640
Ink and opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set within orange and gold rules, laid down on navy blue and buff borders stencilled with gold, the outer border with apocryphal attribution, laid down on card, the cream margins finely decorated in gold and polychrome with animals and birds in landscapes, verso with 11ll. fine black nasta'liq arranged in two columns reserved against illuminated gold cloudbands, laid down on buff and dusty blue paper borders stencilled with gold, the cream margins finely decorated with small paintings of flowering plants, mounted, framed and glazed