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![Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, celebrating the spring festival of Holi with the ladies of his court, attributable to Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, circa 1775.
Description: Gouache, heightened with gold, on paper
gouache heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page, inscribed in nasta’liq script: ‘Holi [in the] Shesh Mahal of Nawab Wazir-i A’zam-i Hind, Asaf al-Daula Bahadur’, the reverse inscribed in nasta’liq script with a quatrain signed by ‘Abd al-Rashid Dailami, to the left; and a quatrain signed by Hafiz Nur Allah and dated 1188 AH/1774-75 AD, to the right, interspersed with blue floral borders, outer margins flecked with gold
Provenance: Nicholas Woodbridge, Bath
Acquired before 1972
Source: Sothebys.com](https://instagram.fsdv2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/643556981_18071959241568958_4566314836965409274_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=jUnvXeILxUYQ7kNvwGze0sx&_nc_oc=Ado_iV_fbpMJyX_z_oXx5GVCl0FEas77m9K2OZ1munjhEQ__OGgnAhDfbj7CdKk22C0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=instagram.fsdv2-1.fna&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=1ZaIoBOv2pX9tHbZPh9-ZQ&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQKEJAG6_iQsdpQECaKH1O4upnFfS2HtSl2GFtURfZnaXsGmceUw4Dh_x2TeBlHh7Gx4iPA8TP95&oh=00_AQJFQ0a0OVgQlmUJznAAoRsc3Ghd4BjTlgWpC0eNHVp7Pw&oe=6AAE09BB)
![Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, celebrating the spring festival of Holi with the ladies of his court, attributable to Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, circa 1775.
Description: Gouache, heightened with gold, on paper
gouache heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page, inscribed in nasta’liq script: ‘Holi [in the] Shesh Mahal of Nawab Wazir-i A’zam-i Hind, Asaf al-Daula Bahadur’, the reverse inscribed in nasta’liq script with a quatrain signed by ‘Abd al-Rashid Dailami, to the left; and a quatrain signed by Hafiz Nur Allah and dated 1188 AH/1774-75 AD, to the right, interspersed with blue floral borders, outer margins flecked with gold
Provenance: Nicholas Woodbridge, Bath
Acquired before 1972
Source: Sothebys.com](https://instagram.fsdv2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/643556981_18071959241568958_4566314836965409274_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=jUnvXeILxUYQ7kNvwGze0sx&_nc_oc=Ado_iV_fbpMJyX_z_oXx5GVCl0FEas77m9K2OZ1munjhEQ__OGgnAhDfbj7CdKk22C0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=instagram.fsdv2-1.fna&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=1ZaIoBOv2pX9tHbZPh9-ZQ&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQKEJAG6_iQsdpQECaKH1O4upnFfS2HtSl2GFtURfZnaXsGmceUw4Dh_x2TeBlHh7Gx4iPA8TP95&oh=00_AQJFQ0a0OVgQlmUJznAAoRsc3Ghd4BjTlgWpC0eNHVp7Pw&oe=6AAE09BB)
















































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Books | Art | Culture
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Curated by @abhivyakti_singh
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![Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, celebrating the spring festival of Holi with the ladies of his court, attributable to Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, circa 1775.
Description: Gouache, heightened with gold, on paper
gouache heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page, inscribed in nasta’liq script: ‘Holi [in the] Shesh Mahal of Nawab Wazir-i A’zam-i Hind, Asaf al-Daula Bahadur’, the reverse inscribed in nasta’liq script with a quatrain signed by ‘Abd al-Rashid Dailami, to the left; and a quatrain signed by Hafiz Nur Allah and dated 1188 AH/1774-75 AD, to the right, interspersed with blue floral borders, outer margins flecked with gold
Provenance: Nicholas Woodbridge, Bath
Acquired before 1972
Source: Sothebys.com](https://instagram.fsdv2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/643556981_18071959241568958_4566314836965409274_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=jUnvXeILxUYQ7kNvwGze0sx&_nc_oc=Ado_iV_fbpMJyX_z_oXx5GVCl0FEas77m9K2OZ1munjhEQ__OGgnAhDfbj7CdKk22C0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=instagram.fsdv2-1.fna&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=1ZaIoBOv2pX9tHbZPh9-ZQ&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQKEJAG6_iQsdpQECaKH1O4upnFfS2HtSl2GFtURfZnaXsGmceUw4Dh_x2TeBlHh7Gx4iPA8TP95&oh=00_AQJFQ0a0OVgQlmUJznAAoRsc3Ghd4BjTlgWpC0eNHVp7Pw&oe=6AAE09BB)
![Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, celebrating the spring festival of Holi with the ladies of his court, attributable to Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, circa 1775.
Description: Gouache, heightened with gold, on paper
gouache heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page, inscribed in nasta’liq script: ‘Holi [in the] Shesh Mahal of Nawab Wazir-i A’zam-i Hind, Asaf al-Daula Bahadur’, the reverse inscribed in nasta’liq script with a quatrain signed by ‘Abd al-Rashid Dailami, to the left; and a quatrain signed by Hafiz Nur Allah and dated 1188 AH/1774-75 AD, to the right, interspersed with blue floral borders, outer margins flecked with gold
Provenance: Nicholas Woodbridge, Bath
Acquired before 1972
Source: Sothebys.com](https://instagram.fsdv2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/643556981_18071959241568958_4566314836965409274_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=jUnvXeILxUYQ7kNvwGze0sx&_nc_oc=Ado_iV_fbpMJyX_z_oXx5GVCl0FEas77m9K2OZ1munjhEQ__OGgnAhDfbj7CdKk22C0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=instagram.fsdv2-1.fna&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=1ZaIoBOv2pX9tHbZPh9-ZQ&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQKEJAG6_iQsdpQECaKH1O4upnFfS2HtSl2GFtURfZnaXsGmceUw4Dh_x2TeBlHh7Gx4iPA8TP95&oh=00_AQJFQ0a0OVgQlmUJznAAoRsc3Ghd4BjTlgWpC0eNHVp7Pw&oe=6AAE09BB)















































