An album of paintings and calligraphy
The lacquer covers of this album are painted with a landscape scene incorporating figures from popular literature. The first opening shows the woman holding a gun is the fabled warrior queen Chand Bibi. On the second are the characters of a well-known love story, Baz Bahadur and Rani Rupmati, hunting on horseback.
Many of the openings in this album show a seventeenth-century painting on one side and an eighteenth- century ‘response’ on the facing page. Both of these paintings depict the women as figures of beauty and desire. They represent the ideal feminine characteristic of nazakat (delicacy of demeanour).
Many of the openings in this album show a seventeenth-century painting on one side and an eighteenth- century ‘response’ on the facing page. Both of these paintings depict the women as figures of beauty and desire. They represent the ideal feminine characteristic of nazakat (delicacy of demeanour).
Indian
Album containing specimens of Persian calligraphy and Mughal paintings. circa 1740
Album of specimens of calligraphy and paintings set into dyed paper margins decorated in ink and opaque water including metallic pigments and gold leaf; painted and lacquered bindings | 42.1 x 28.1 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1005068
Master: Album containing specimens of Persian calligraphy and Mughal paintings.Item: Illuminated frontispiece with calligraphy by Mir 'Imad
Mughal artist, India
Mughal painting of a lady and a specimen of Persian calligraphy. c.1650-1700
42 x 28 cm (folio dimensions) | RCIN 1005068.w
Sayyid 'Ali Khan
Calligraphy by Sayyid 'Ali al-Tabrizi and a Mughal painting of a lady. c.1660-1700
42 x 28 cm (folio dimensions) | RCIN 1005068.v
