Calligrapher at work, watched by a youth; they are seated on a carpet under a flowering tree

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Miniature. Calligrapher at work, watched by a youth; they are seated on a carpet under a flowering tree. Verso: Calligraphy, inscription in black ink, set within ornate borders. Bodycolour including white with pen and ink and gold on paper, height 160 mm, width 93 mm, circa 1560. Bukhara School. Production Note: 'Mughul, c. 1560', M.C.B. Notes: This and PD.202-1948 have been removed at some time from MS 262-1949, also Manuk-Coles bequest, the present drawing being f.109(b). This MS is a selection of the Bustan of Sa' di, and P.C. Manuk thought the two miniatures to be most probably by Bizad.Acquisition Credit: Bequeathed 1946 by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles, through the National Art Collections Fund.
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