A prince and a maiden seated in a pavilion with female musicians, illustrating Dipak Raga Provin...

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A prince and a maiden seated in a pavilion with female musicians, illustrating Dipak Raga Provincial Mughal, late 18th Century gouache and gold on paper, blue and gold inner border, orange outer border, nasta'liq inscription Dipak in upper border, numbered 38 in Arabic, verso a calligraphic composition consisting of Persian couplets by an unidentified poet written diagonally and vertically in large nasta'liq in black ink within cloudbands on an illuminated ground 270 x 175 mm. (sight) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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