Al-Ramini and the Enthronement of Queen Waqwaq, Bijapur, Deccan, Central India, c.1570, an illustration from an Aja’ib al-Makhluqat, gouache heightened with gold with lines of black naskh, one side depicting Queen Waqwaq with attendants, the other with two registers of gallivanting figures from the island of Al-Ramini, folio 28 x 21.6cm. (2) £700-1000 + 27.6% BP*
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6 A Mother and Child, signed Kushadad, Zand Iran, second half 18th century, opaque pigments on paper, laid down on card with profuse gilt foliated motifs, page 13.5 x 21.2cm £1000-1500 + 27.6% BP*