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Each image 734 x 1218 (19.7 x 30.8 cm.)
Each folio 1078 x 1558 in. (27.5 x 38.8 cm.)
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Lot Essay

The present lot is closely related to a small group of folios from a poetical romance relating to Shah ‘Alam I. Each shares the salmon-pink borders with gold speckles or gilt floral scrolls and have stenciled animals in landscapes to the reverse. Four folios from the album were sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 17 March 1988, lots 326-329, one of which is now in the Cleveland Museum of Art (inv.no.2013.337.a) and another in the Newark Museum (inv.no.41.1122), while a fifth was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 22 March 1989, lot 66 and at Christie's London, 1 October 2012, lot 16 for $17,128. Another folio from this series sold at Christie's London, 31 March 2022 lot 74, for GBP 16,380.

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