EditorialPosthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719-1748) holding a falcon, 1764. Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper (recto); page: 28 x 23.8 cm (11 x 9 3/8 in.).
EditorialCalligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213?1289) and a verse from the Tuhfat al-ahrar (The Gift of the Free) of Abd al-Rahman Jami, c. 1760. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Ink on paper, illuminated p...
EditorialPosthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719-1748) holding a falcon (recto); Calligraphy (verso), 1764. Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s), Mahmud ibn Ishaq al-Shahabi (Persian, active mid- to late 1500s). Opaque ...
EditorialCalligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains, c. 1760. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Ink on paper, illuminated panels of Persian poetry (verso); page: 30.6 x 25 cm (12 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.).
EditorialCourt lady singing and playing the vina, c. 1760. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; page: 31.1 x 26.2 cm (12 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.).
EditorialCalligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains, c. 1760. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Ink on paper, illuminated panels of Persian poetry (verso); page: 30.6 x 25 cm (12 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.).
EditorialCalligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213?1289) and a verse from the Tuhfat al-ahrar (The Gift of the Free) of Abd al-Rahman Jami, c. 1760. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Ink on paper, illuminated p...
EditorialPosthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719-1748) holding a falcon (recto); Calligraphy (verso), 1764. Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s), Mahmud ibn Ishaq al-Shahabi (Persian, active mid- to late 1500s). Opaque ...
EditorialCourt lady pouring wine, c. 1760; borders c. 1830s. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; page: 30.6 x 25 cm (12 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.).
EditorialCourt lady singing and playing the vina, c. 1760. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; page: 31.1 x 26.2 cm (12 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.).