Islamic Art India Indo-Persian Mughal Miniature Painting Gilt Calligraphy Artist

Description: Item: Beautiful miniature painting with gold leaf and a generous amount of flowing script calligraphy depicting young lovers. The date of the painting is unknown to me and I can’t read the calligraphy. I tried, but I also can’t find another painting quite like this. It’s the extensive use of calligraphy in the border that seems to make this painting rather unique, and the painting is of an exceptional quality. Not examined out of framing, but usually these types of miniatures are illuminated manuscript pages. I’m sure someone will know more than me about this item, which looks Persian but is probably Indo Persian, which would make it a Mughal style painting. In other words, this style of painting originated in Persia but was brought to areas such as India during the Mughal Empire. Provenance: Duckworth estate. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER EBAY LISTINGS FOR A NICE SELECTION OF ART, ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES! Note: The painting offered here may fit into several categories such as Arts of India, Islamic Art, or even Himalayan Art if from northern India. However, today we think of areas such as Iran and Kashmir, India as parts of “The Greater Middle East”. Even though Iranians and people from northern India aren’t Arabs, they are mostly Muslim and Islamic, but there are some differences in the written languages of Arabic and Persian. After reading the Christie’s online guide to collecting Persian miniatures, I feel that the artist / creator of the painting offered here was influenced by the work of Riza ‘Abbasi (flourished circa 1565-1635). That artist changed the game in that popular subject matter switched from depicting the heroes of Persian epics to painting scenes of relaxed youths and lovers. Also, the artist was a master calligrapher and of course employed gold leaf into his works. The item offered here is possibly a panel or leaf from an illuminated manuscript, but this one presents better than most because it’s centered. Details: Often, paintings of this style are collected by people and museums interested in Persian, Mughal, and Indian art. These are related because of the intertwining of the cultures in their histories. Sometimes, the items are referred to as Indo Persian. Perhaps rightly so or not, people will look at a painting of young lovers and call it a h*rem scene. There are different texts or scripts, which I call calligraphy, but experts have names for the scripts, with one example being nasta’liq. In India, they have other scripts such as Devanagari, which would be the Hindi language. Background: In the art market, there are tons of paintings from every ‘school’ of art but what makes something worth buying is the quality level. People get too caught up in the ‘name game’ and often it’s not about that at all because the artist can be ‘anonymous’ and still the piece can fetch tens of thousands at Christie’s, Sotheby’s or one of the numerous houses that hold sales of Islamic, Indian and Asian Arts. It comes down to connoisseurship and having that special combination of an eye for art and knowledge / informed and discriminating taste. The provenance on this item is: W. Joseph Duckworth, a millionaire real estate developer from the Philadelphia area who collected art from the Asian continent. Mr. Duckworth had a great eye and I was lucky enough to be able to buy his estate collection after he passed away.

Price: 295 USD

Location: Pitman, New Jersey

End Time: 2024-08-23T20:10:11.000Z

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