Three Miniature Painting and Calligraphy Folios

Description:

Three Miniature Painting and Calligraphy Folios, India, 18th/19th century, watercolor and gold on wasli, the central panel of each folio depicting a series of three scenes from a Mughal court wedding set in a richly decorated palace with views to the garden, with a horizontal panel of nastaliq script calligraphy above and below each miniature painting, each framed and glazed, sight size to 8 3/4 x 4 in.
Estimate $500-700

Not examined out of frame, minor tear on largest folio, few small areas of in-painting on one miniature.


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