Mughal School, 18th Century, Attributed to Faqirullah
An illustration to a ragamala: Madhumadhavi ragini, circa 1750
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, narrow gold border, outer border decorated with a lattice of scrolling tendrils issuing palmettes and rosettes, four cartouches filled with a persian quatrain written in white nasta'liq reserved on black ground, gold speckled margins, upper margin with cusped cartouche with nasta'liq inscription written in black on a gold ground, verso with 14 lines of fine nasta'liq written in black on a gold ground with a gold floral diaper border reserved on a salmon gro
painting: 15.4 by 10.1cm.40.3 by 26.9cm.