
Illustrated Leaf from the Gulistan of Sa’di.
Text in black nasta’liq script.
Illuminated borders decorated in gold with animals in a landscape and in opaque watercolor with bold human
figures.
India, Mughal, circa 1620
Folio : 26,7 x 17,2 cm
Provenance :
The Hagop Kevorkian collection
Literature :
For other leaves of the same manuscript, see BINNEY Edwin, The Mughal and Deccani School, Indian Miniature
Painting from the Collection of Edwin Binney 3rd, 1973, nos 47a-b, p. 73
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