Nastaliq by Nava-i Nishapuri, 1747

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"A DERVISH. CIRCLE OF MU'IN MUSAVVIR, MID-17TH CENTURY. Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a bearded dervish seated on the ground in a landscape, mounted on an album leaf with pink margins with gold floral illumination, the verso with a calligraphy in black nasta'liq signed by Nava-yi Nishapuri and dated 1160, similarly mounted with purple margins with gold floral illumination. Folio 10 3/8 x 6¼in. (26.2 x 16cm.); miniature 4½ x 3 1/8in. (11.6 x 8cm.)."