LOT 40•R A concertina album with eleven leaves of calligraphy in naskhi script, and five paintings, including two views of palaces Qajar Persia, early 19th Century, some leaves dated AH 1187/AD 1773-74 and AH 1205/AD 1790-91
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Arabic manuscript on paper, 9 leaves, 11 pages of calligraphy, each leaf with variously 5, 6, 8, 9 and 19 lines to the page in naskhi script in black ink, within cloudbands on a gold ground, each laid down on an album page with floral inner borders and outer borders with stylised floral motifs in gold on variously coloured grounds, interspersed with these are five paintings: a youth in Safavid dress with a falcon, a young woman in Qajar dress standing on a terrace (these two probably later), a pastoral scene with a countryman with his herd of cows in a landscape, and two scenes depicting palaces set in ornamental grounds, one with indistinct/defaced signature and date, Qajar lacquer binding, covers 20th Century replacements depicting huntsmen in Safavid style 243 x 164 mm.
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