A dervish visited by a maiden at a hermitage Provincial Mughal, late 18th Century gouache and gold on paper, laid down on an album page with inner borders with foliate motifs in gold on a blue ground, gold-sprinkled outer borders, lower border with English inscription A Fakir and Devotee, verso a calligraphic exercise with two couplets written diagonally in nasta'liq in black ink, Persia, 16th Century, borders as recto painting 240 x 145 mm.; album page 385 x 245 mm. Footnotes: The calligraphy verso consists of a Persian quatrain on the subject of generosity, by an unidentified poet. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing