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[Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures and manuscripts : comprising Mughal miniatures from the 16th to 19th centuries, including two pages from the Hamza-nama, Mughal, c. 1570 ; a prince riding a blue-dapple horse, Mughal, late seventeenth century ; Adam and Eve standing in the Garden of Eden, Murshidabad, c. 1760 ; Deccani, Central Indian, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 15th to 19th centuries, including a portrait of a princely youth Bijapur, c. 1620 ; a portrait of a ruler, Deccan, c. 1700 ; two illustrations to the Bhagavata Purana, Basohli, c. 1760-65 ; a portrait of a nobleman, Mankot, c. 1690-1700 ; an illustration of the first avator of Vishnu, Mankot, c. 1700 ; Persian, Indian and Turkish calligraphy, including a page of nasta'liq by Sultan Ali al-Mashhadi, Persia, c. 1500 ; a page of Nasta'liq by Muhammad Dara Shikoh, Mughal, dated A.D. 1654 ; Persian and Turkish miniatures from the 15th to 19th centuries, including a portrait of Mirza Abul-Qasim Khan, Qajar, dated A.D. 1861 ; Persian painted lacquer pen-boxes, mirror-cases and caskets ; Persian, Arabic, Indian, Burmese, Nepalese and Armenian manuscripts, including Babur's Nasihatnama, dated A.D. 1586 ; a sultanate Qur'an, dated A.D. 1408 ; an illuminated Qajar Qur'an, dated A.D. 1830] |
