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Calligraphic Panel with Moral Exhortations from 'Album of Paintings and Calligraphy'A.H. 1094/1682-1683

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Mughal or Rajput manuscript painting, two figures in traditional dress seated together in a rocky landscape with a tiger, deer, camel, and lush green hills
Illuminated manuscript page with a text panel containing Nastaliq script on gold-flecked paper, framed by blue and gold decorative borders; below, a partial landscape painting with pale blue sky and a rocky outcrop with trees.
Mughal manuscript page, lower portion: a painted landscape with green meadow, pink rocky outcroppings, a pond with lotus flowers, and deer near the upper edge, beneath a text panel of Nastaliq script on cloud-shaped cartouches, framed by navy and gold borders with a gold-stenciled green margin.
Mughal manuscript painting with gold border; a seated figure in colorful patchwork garment crouches near rocky outcroppings at left, while two standing figures in courtly dress hold offerings at center; two winged celestial figures descend from a tree at upper right against a blue sky; Persian inscription at upper left.
Illustrated manuscript page with two panels of Persian calligraphy in nasta'liq script above a landscape scene; two winged figures descend among dark trees beneath a blue sky with clouds, with rolling green hills and a bare tree at left.
Mughal manuscript painting, lower portion: a pond with lotus flowers and wading birds amid grass and scattered rocks, with terracotta-colored hills and architecture in the background; below, two columns of Persian calligraphy in nasta'liq script within a gold-bordered panel.
Mughal manuscript painting, lower portion showing a lotus pond with wading herons amid green grasses, pink-blossomed water plants, and lavender rocks against a green landscape with red rocky formations; below, two panels of Persian calligraphy in nasta'liq script within gold-bordered blue cartouches.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Calligraphic Panel with Moral Exhortations from 'Album of Paintings and Calligraphy'
Place Made
India, Telangana, Hyderabad
Date Made
A.H. 1094/1682-1683
Medium
Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper mounted on board, leather binding
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (44.45 x 24.77 cm); Image: 12 x 6 in. (30.48 x 15.24 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Paul F. Walter
Accession Number
M.76.113.1
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art