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Islamic, Indian and South East Asian Art
Lot 131

Three Islamic works on paper

21 March 2018, 11:00 GMT
Edinburgh

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Three Islamic works on paper

The first a painting of fakirs at a retreat beneath a tree with female musicians, Bengal, 18th century, in gouache on paper, lacking border, 23.4cm x 16.4cm, together with two calligraphic exercises on paper in nasta'liq script, India, 18th century, both with two couplets of Persian verses written diagonally in nasta'liq script in black ink within cloudbands, blue and gold-sprinkled borders.
Respectively 21cm x 13cm, and 18cm x 12.8cm

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Provenance: Scottish private collection.

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