AN ALBUM PAGE: A PRINCE LULLED TO SLEEP BY KHAYYAL MUSICIANS
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL SCHOOL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1720
AN ALBUM PAGE: A PRINCE LULLED TO SLEEP BY KHAYYAL MUSICIANS PROVINCIAL MUGHAL SCHOOL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1720 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, at night, supported by a courtesan and followed by female attendants, they walk across a marble terrace, female musicians accompany them, the sky lit by full moon, laid down on gold-speckled card between gold floral borders, identification cartouche in black nasta'liq at top reading ' khayyal ', the reverse with nasta'liq quatrain on illuminated ground, signed Hafiz Nurullah, old English label to reverse, mounted, framed and glazed Painting 7 7/8 x 5 3/8in. (20 x 13.7cm.); page 18 ½ x 13 ½in. (47 x 34.3cm.)
AN ALBUM PAGE: A PRINCE LULLED TO SLEEP BY KHAYYAL MUSICIANS
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL SCHOOL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1720
AN ALBUM PAGE: A PRINCE LULLED TO SLEEP BY KHAYYAL MUSICIANS PROVINCIAL MUGHAL SCHOOL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1720 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, at night, supported by a courtesan and followed by female attendants, they walk across a marble terrace, female musicians accompany them, the sky lit by full moon, laid down on gold-speckled card between gold floral borders, identification cartouche in black nasta'liq at top reading ' khayyal ', the reverse with nasta'liq quatrain on illuminated ground, signed Hafiz Nurullah, old English label to reverse, mounted, framed and glazed Painting 7 7/8 x 5 3/8in. (20 x 13.7cm.); page 18 ½ x 13 ½in. (47 x 34.3cm.)
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