Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Antiquities Modern Contemporary Fine Arts and Books | April 2017

56 | Osian’s–Connoisseurs of Art 28 Depicting Khusrau Attacking the Palace Opaque watercolour using the gouache method on paper heightened with gold, c.1810- 25 / 1st quarter of the 19th century 9.3 x 5.7 in (23.5 x 14.5 cm) Text in four vertical columns separated with inter-column gold and black rulings, text frame of a gold band, and green, orange and gold rules, text copied in black nasta’liq Provenance Important International Art Collection; acquired from Francesca Galloway, London INR 400,000 – 600,000 USD 5,970 – 8,960 Full image on p. 60 27 Depicting Salm Killed by Minuchihr Opaque watercolour using the gouache method on paper heightened with gold, c.1810- 25 / 1st quarter of the 19th century 15.4 x 10.6 in (39.0 x 26.8 cm) Text in four vertical columns separated with inter-column gold and black rulings, text frame of a gold band, and green, orange and gold rules, text copied in black nasta’liq Provenance Important International Art Collection; acquired from Francesca Galloway, London INR 400,000 – 600,000 USD 5,970 – 8,960 Full image on p. 59 26 Depicting Rustam Impaled Opaque watercolour using the gouache method on paper heightened with gold, c.1810- 25 / 1st quarter of the 19th century 8.1 x 5.7 in (20.5 x 14.5 cm) Text in four vertical columns separated with inter-column gold and black rulings, text frame of a gold band, and green, orange and gold rules, text copied in black nasta’liq Provenance Important International Art Collection; acquired from Francesca Galloway, London INR 400,000 – 600,000 USD 5,970 – 8,960 Full image on p. 58 25 Depicting Rustam fighting the Dragon Opaque watercolour using the gouache method on paper heightened with gold, c.1810- 25 / 1st quarter of the 19th century 15.4 x 10.5 in (39.0 x 26.6 cm) Text in four vertical columns separated with inter-column gold and black rulings, text frame of a gold band, and green, orange and gold rules, text copied in black nasta’liq Provenance Important International Art Collection; acquired from Francesca Galloway, London INR 400,000 – 600,000 USD 5,970 – 8,960 Full image on p. 57 25 to 28 Delhi School, Late Mughal Period Illustrated Folio from an early 19th Century Dispersed Manuscript of Firdausi’s Shahnama (‘Book of Kings’)