Culture: Indian, Mughal, IslamicMaterials/Techniques: gold, ink, opaque watercolor, paper, opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paperNote: Attribution: Mansur, painter (active ca. 1589–1626)Note: Provenance: Jack S. Rofe, Scotland (in 1929; sale, Sotheby's London,December 12, 1929, to Kevorkian); [ Hagop Kevorkian, New York, 1929–55; gift and sale to MMA]. Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955.Note: Inscription: Signature: 55.121.10.14 recto: ; In Persian, in lower left of central panel: The slave Mir 'Ali. ; Inscription: 55.121.10.14 verso: ; Persian Inscription, in lower part of second border (in Jahangir's hand): "Work of Ustad Mansur" ; Marking: 55.121.10.14 verso: ; Margin number '43' is inscribed in the gilt margin.
Culture: Indian, Mughal, IslamicMaterials/Techniques: gold, ink, opaque watercolor, paper, opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paperNote: Attribution: Mansur, painter (active ca. 1589–1626)Note: Provenance: Jack S. Rofe, Scotland (in 1929; sale, Sotheby's London,December 12, 1929, to Kevorkian); [ Hagop Kevorkian, New York, 1929–55; gift and sale to MMA]. Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955.Note: Inscription: Signature: 55.121.10.14 recto: ; In Persian, in lower left of central panel: The slave Mir 'Ali. ; Inscription: 55.121.10.14 verso: ; Persian Inscription, in lower part of second border (in Jahangir's hand): "Work of Ustad Mansur" ; Marking: 55.121.10.14 verso: ; Margin number '43' is inscribed in the gilt margin.
The Mughal figure is wearing brown, black and gold garments, and converses with a Hindu figure clothed in a green jameh, orange turban, and a white scarf. Published in Welch, Stuart C. “Early Mughal Miniature Paintings from Two Private Collections Shown at the Fogg Art Museum.” Ars Orientalis, vol. 3, 1959, pp. 133–146.Culture: Islamic, MughalMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, paper
The Mughal figure is wearing brown, black and gold garments, and converses with a Hindu figure clothed in a green jameh, orange turban, and a white scarf. Published in Welch, Stuart C. “Early Mughal Miniature Paintings from Two Private Collections Shown at the Fogg Art Museum.” Ars Orientalis, vol. 3, 1959, pp. 133–146.Culture: Islamic, MughalMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, paper
The Mughal figure is wearing brown, black and gold garments, and converses with a Hindu figure clothed in a green jameh, orange turban, and a white scarf. Published in Welch, Stuart C. “Early Mughal Miniature Paintings from Two Private Collections Shown at the Fogg Art Museum.” Ars Orientalis, vol. 3, 1959, pp. 133–146.Culture: Islamic, MughalMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, paper
The Mughal figure is wearing brown, black and gold garments, and converses with a Hindu figure clothed in a green jameh, orange turban, and a white scarf. Published in Welch, Stuart C. “Early Mughal Miniature Paintings from Two Private Collections Shown at the Fogg Art Museum.” Ars Orientalis, vol. 3, 1959, pp. 133–146.Culture: Islamic, MughalMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, paper
Culture: Islamic, PersianNote: Inscription: In the king's cup your moon-like face/ Gives to the sun of victory a new ascent. All that Iskandar desired and the world did not give him/ Is one sip of the pure wine of your life-enhancing cup
Culture: Islamic, PersianNote: Inscription: In the king's cup your moon-like face/ Gives to the sun of victory a new ascent. All that Iskandar desired and the world did not give him/ Is one sip of the pure wine of your life-enhancing cup
34 folios with a double-page frontispiece; illuminated headings; standard page: 2 columns, 22 lines of text; nasta'liqCulture: Islamic, TurkishMaterials/Techniques: ink, opaque watercolor, gold, paper
Fragment of a larger drawing. Published in Sotheby's catalog, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part One: Arts of the Islamic World, Lot 95, April 6, 2011.Culture: Islamic, MughalMaterials/Techniques: ink, paper
Fragment of a larger drawing. Published in Sotheby's catalog, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part One: Arts of the Islamic World, Lot 95, April 6, 2011.Culture: Islamic, MughalMaterials/Techniques: ink, paper
Fragment of a larger drawing. Published in Sotheby's catalog, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part One: Arts of the Islamic World, Lot 95, April 6, 2011.Culture: Islamic, MughalMaterials/Techniques: ink, paper
From the series: Ikhas Khan, Prime Minister at the court of Muhammad Adil Shah; a guru with begging bowl wearing a cloak or marbled paper; a seated asceticCulture: Mughal, Islamic