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A lady discussing books with an elderly visitor, ascribed to the artist La'l, India, Mughal, circa 1590-95

Auction Closed

April 26, 01:36 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 80,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

brush drawing heightened with washes of colour and gold on paper blue margins with gold foliate designs, outer border speckled in beige and white, inscribed in nasta'liq 'amal-i La'l musawir' ('work of the artist La'l'), the verso with gold ruled borders


painting: 23 by 14cm. 

leaf: 43.2 by 27.6cm.

Sotheby's New York, 2 June 1992, lot 127.