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Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures, manuscripts, Qajar paintings and lacquer : Persian and Arabic calligraphy and illumination from the 14th to the 19th century ; Persian miniatures and drawings, including a portrait of Fath Ali Shah by Muhammad Hassan, dated AD 1818, and a portrait of Mirza Muhammad Khan by 'Abbas Quli, dated AD 1855 ; a fine Qajar oil painting of Abbas Mirza by Abdullah Khan, dated AD 1807, and a portrait of a girl musician attributed to Muhammad, Qajar, c. 1840 ; Burmese, Ethiopic, Persian, Arabic and Turkish manuscripts, including a Turkish anthology with court portraits, dated AD 1588, and a mid-16th century Qur'an with two illuminated Mamluk leaves, dated AD 1307 ; Persian lacquer mirror-cases, caskets, and pen-boxes, including an important documented pen-bow painted in 1847 by the painter laureate, and completed by Jala'ir in AD 1853 ; Mughal miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including a portrait of an officer, Mughal, c. 1650 ; Deccani, central Indian and Rajasthani miniatures from the 15th to 19th century, including a fine equestrian portrait, Sawar, c. 1700, Pahari miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including a portrait of Maharaja Uget Sen, Suket, c. 1850 ; an illustration to the Ramayana, Mankot, c. 1700 |
