| Title |
Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures, manuscripts and Qajar paintings : Mughal miniatures from the 16th to 19th century, including two illustrations to the Razmnama, Mughal, c. 1616 ; a portrait of St. Bernard, Mughal, c. 1650 ; a portrait of Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula, Lucknow, c. 1780 ; Deccani, central Indian, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 16th to 19th century including the Ascension of Solomon to Heaven, Golconda, c. 1680 ; an illustration to the Bhagavata purana, Aurangabad, c. 1680 ; a huntsman walking a saluki hound by Swarup Ram, Devgarh, c. 1800 ; Maharaja Bakhat Singh entertained by a female dancer, Nagaur, c. 1740 ; a mahout asleep on a caparisoned elephant, Sawar, c. 1700 ; Persian and Turkish paintings from the 14th to the 20th century, including a leaf from a 'Small Shahnama', Persia, c. 1340 ; a leaf from a Shahnama, India, Sultanate, mid-fifteenth century ; a prince resting in a landscape, Turkey, c. 1620 ; Qajar paintings including a portrait of Nasir ud-Din by Sayyid Muhammad al-Husayni, dated 1264/1847 ; a portrait of Fath 'Ali Shah by Mihr' Ali, Qajar, dated 1230/1814 ; a female musician attributed to Abu'l Qasim, c. 1820 ; a portrait of Nawwab Shahzada Muhammad 'Ali Mirza, Qajar by Jafar, dated 123(0)/181(4) ; calligraphy and illumination including 9th century Qur'an leaves ; Arabic, Armenian, Indian, Persian and Turkish manuscripts, including an illustrated Tuhfet ul-Mulk by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Mustaka al-Misri, Turkey, dated 1187/1773 ; a fine Qur'an, Turkey, mid-sixteenth century ; an illustrated Qur'an section, sura XIX, Turkey, dated 1166/1752 ; Persian lacquer, including a fine mirror-case executed in the style of 'Ali Ashraf, Qajar, early nineteenth century ; a lacquer panel by Muhammad Hadi, Persia, late eighteenth century |
