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Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures, manuscripts, Qajar paintings and lacquer : comprising Mughal miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including an allegorical miniature representing Aurangzeb's fight against evil, Mughal late seventeenth century ; a portrait of a lady on a terrace, by Sital Das, Lucknow, c. 1760 ; Durbar of Akbar II, Delhi, c. 1820 ; Deccani, central Indian and Rajasthani miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including a portrait of a maiden leading a young gazelle, by 'Ali Jafar, Bijapur, c. 1630-40 ; an illustration from a Ragamala series by Ruknuddin, Bikaner, dated 1694 ; Pahari miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including a portrait of a prince, Bandralta, c. 1700 ; an illustration from the Ramayana, Kangra, c. 1775-80 ; an illustration from the 'Shangri' Ramayana, Kulu, c. 1700-1710 ; Persian and Arabic calligraphy and illumination from the 9th to the 20th century, Persian and Turkish miniatures and drawings, including a fine Timurid miniature, Herat, mid-15th century ; Qajar oil paintings, including a portrait of a prince in the style of Muhammad Hasan, Qajar, c. 1820 ; Burmese, Ethiopic, Armenian, Persian, Arabic and Turkish manuscripts from the 9th to the 19th century ; Persian lacquer mirror-cases, pen-boxes, and caskets, including a fine pen-box signed by Muhammad Ismail, Qajar, dated A.D. 1860 ; a fine Qajar Qur'an with lacquer binding by Muhammad Hasan, Qajar, dated 1838. |
