Hunt and Toast - Indo-Persian Miniature on a Manuscript Leaf - 17th C.
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Indo-Persian miniature painted in gouache with a gold sky on a leaf from a Persian manuscript, framed by an ornamental border and by cartouches of calligraphic text, with notes in the right margin. Horsemen with bows pursue a deer among colored rocks and small flowering trees, while two seated figures drink a toast in the foreground.
Indo-Persian miniature painted in gouache with a gold sky on a leaf from a Persian manuscript, framed by an ornamental border and by cartouches of calligraphic text, with notes in the right margin. Horsemen with bows pursue a deer among colored rocks and small flowering trees, while two seated figures drink a toast in the foreground.
The leaf keeps its numbering and the original text on both sides, a sign that it comes from a disbound illustrated manuscript.
Medium: Gouache and gold on paper.
Date: 17th century.
Dimensions: 7.2 x 11.1 in (18.3 x 28.1 cm).
Condition: The paper toned, with small losses and tears at the edges as usual with a disbound folio; the miniature complete and of vivid color.
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Indo-Persian miniature painted in gouache with a gold sky on a leaf from a Persian manuscript, framed by an ornamental border and by cartouches of calligraphic text, with notes in the right margin. Horsemen with bows pursue a deer among colored rocks and small flowering trees, while two seated figures drink a toast in the foreground.