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"Lot 80 Christie's London UK. 4/23/1996
and 4/25/1996 Encampment with Camels
Herat circa 1600
Gouache heightened with gold on paper in a
clearing with rocks and a large leafy tree
(Chinar tree) a woman milks a cow while other
women look out from their tents, men tend camels
nearby, lines of black Nasta'liq on gold
sprinkled paper in four columns above and below
with an illuminated heading above, gold margins
with black rules, (some creasing and flaking,
negligible retouching), verso with 20ll. of
elegantly black Nastaliq in four columns with
central illuminated heading panel, (wear to
edges, some smudging) folio 9 3/4 x 5
1/2 inch.1
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