THE SHAMSA PROBABLY SAFAVID IRAN, MID-16TH CENTURY; THE MARGINS MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1650, 1650

• Ink and opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the finely-illuminated gold and polychrome floral shamsa enclosed by delicate gold arabesques in two shades of gold ink, the margins decorated with a scrolling vine with naturalistic depictions of flowers outlined in gold, the reverse plain, mounted, framed and glazed
• 26,7 x16,2 cm (10,5 x6,4in)