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Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures and manuscripts : comprising Mughal, Deccani, central Indian and Rajasthani miniatures from the 16th to 19th centuries, including a mahout riding an elephant decked in full regalia, Mughal, c. 1580 ; Prince Salim out riding an elephant, Mughal (Allahabad), c. 1600-05 ; Rao Chattar Sal of Bundi, Bundi, c. 1660 ; and a portrait of a Kishangarh princess, Kishangarh, c. 1800 ; Pahari miniatures from the 17th to 19th centuries, including two illustrations from the 'Shangri' Ramayana and a ragamala illustration, possibly a variation of Sindhava Putra of Sri, Basholi, c. 1690-1700 ; Persian miniatures from the 15th to 20th centuries, including a prince returning from the hunt, by Muhammadi, Khurusan, c. 1570 ; a prince hawking, by Muhammadi, Khurusan, c. 1570 ; Piran slain by Guarz, Bukhara, c. 1570-80 ; four young scholars in discussion, by Muhammad Murad Samarkandi, Bukhara/Khurusan, early seventeenth century ; an assembly of Armenian ladies, Persia, late eighteenth century ; and a young mother clasping a naked child, Qajar, c. 1830 ; Arabic, Armenian, Burmese, Indian, Persian and Turkish manuscripts and calligraphy, including an album of shikasteh calligraphy by the scribe Mirza Kutchek, Qajar, third quarter of nineteenth century ; a Qur'an, Andalucia or North Africa, twelfth-thirteenth century ; and a Qur'an, Shiraz, second half of sixteenth century ; Persian and Indian lacquer, including a Persian mirror-case by Shah Najaf, Qajar, dated 1270/1853, and a Persian mirror-case in the style of Muhammad Isma'il, Qajar, c. 1860 |