A leaf from an illustrated manuscript of the Urdu romance Aja'ib al-Qasas, depicting a demon king before a prince in durbar
gouache and gold on paper, one line of Urdu text written in bold nasta'liq script in black ink within cloudbands on a gold ground above and below painting, laid down on an album page with blue inner border, coloured and gold inner margin rules, outer borders sprinkled in colours
A leaf from an illustrated manuscript of the Urdu romance Aja'ib al-Qasas, depicting a demon king before a prince in durbar
gouache and gold on paper, one line of Urdu text written in bold nasta'liq script in black ink within cloudbands on a gold ground above and below painting, laid down on an album page with blue inner border, coloured and gold inner margin rules, outer borders sprinkled in colours
