Folio of Miniature Painting and Calligraphy

Description:

Folio of Miniature Painting and Calligraphy, India, 19th century, watercolor and gold on wasli, depicting an emperor visiting a shrine to Krishna in a court garden, the deity with his arm around his consort Radha, an attendant fanning them from behind, a passage of calligraphy in nastaliq script on the reverse, written in black over a blue background with red highlights and diacritic marks, mounted on decorative paper, 14 x 10 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500

areas of worm damage and paint loss.


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