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Fine Oriental manuscripts and miniatures : Mughal and Deccani miniatures from the 16th to the 19th century, including a miniature depicting a royal elephant walking across a field, attributable to Mihr Chand or Bahadur Singh, Lucknow or Faizabad, c.1765-70 ; a miniature depicting Najm ad-Din Ali Khan watching a nautch, signed by Kalyan Das, Mughal, c.1750 ; a miniature depicting Yusuf and Zulaykha on a garden terrace, signed by Faizullah, provincial Mughal, Oudh, c.1765 ; an illustrated leaf from a poetical manuscript depicting a poet riding a mule, Mughal, c.1600 ; a portrait of the court musician Ali Khan Karori, signed by Mansur, Mughal, c.1600 ; Company school drawings from the 19th century, including the Henry Pitman album of one hundred and fifty-seven portraits and scenes, western India, c.1848 ; Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 17th to the 19th century, including a miniature depicting Raja Savant Singh and Bani Thani as Radha and Krishna, attributable to Nihal Chand, Kishangarh, c.1750 ; Persian and Turkish miniatures from the 15th to the 19th century, including a miniature depicting a prince on horseback shooting at a mark during an archery contest, signed by Shaykh Abbasi, Isfahan, dated 1654 ; three illustrated leaves from a manuscript of Siyar-i Nabi, commissioned for Sultan Murad III, Constantinople, c.1594 ; a portrait of a youthful courtier, by Levni, Constantinople, c.1720-50 ; two portraits of Shah Abbas I and his ambassador Mehdi Quli Beg, from the collection of emperor Rudolph II, Esaye le Gillon, Prague, dated 1605 ; Qur'an leaves on vellum and paper from the 9th to the 19th century, including an illuminated Qur'an leaf written in naskhi in gold, Egypt, c.1313 ; Qur'ans from the 9th to the 19th century, including an illuminated Qur'an section, Abbasid, twelfth century ; Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and South East Asian manuscripts from the 13th to the 19th century, including Nizami's Khusrau and Shirin, with four miniatures signed by Dhannu, Dharm Das, Bhawani Das, and Makra, Mughal, c.1590 |
