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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://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/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=PkXIkDT51j0Q7kNvwEpkMqR&_nc_oc=Adrth3Pp7VYrFPM4xhQ3W3dWcizy-wntZZl0NB7hxM3ALKGfumauLbFjGYM9h82TS_E&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=ISbjnPpg03mzh4vJ92O-Zw&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQJSoDah0x5Q_SrhLjNpqnxHP3wSd1Ui68Nxiua9415Efhg-N9b0GRKxL4l8MKrf_WaMQCU4Yt_o&oh=00_AQLM4RT2wCs7_oQzES3l1t8adrtlqOAtFf7k09W_ITwt4g&oe=6AB430BB)
![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://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/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=PkXIkDT51j0Q7kNvwEpkMqR&_nc_oc=Adrth3Pp7VYrFPM4xhQ3W3dWcizy-wntZZl0NB7hxM3ALKGfumauLbFjGYM9h82TS_E&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=ISbjnPpg03mzh4vJ92O-Zw&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQJSoDah0x5Q_SrhLjNpqnxHP3wSd1Ui68Nxiua9415Efhg-N9b0GRKxL4l8MKrf_WaMQCU4Yt_o&oh=00_AQLM4RT2wCs7_oQzES3l1t8adrtlqOAtFf7k09W_ITwt4g&oe=6AB430BB)
















































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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://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/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=PkXIkDT51j0Q7kNvwEpkMqR&_nc_oc=Adrth3Pp7VYrFPM4xhQ3W3dWcizy-wntZZl0NB7hxM3ALKGfumauLbFjGYM9h82TS_E&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=ISbjnPpg03mzh4vJ92O-Zw&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQJSoDah0x5Q_SrhLjNpqnxHP3wSd1Ui68Nxiua9415Efhg-N9b0GRKxL4l8MKrf_WaMQCU4Yt_o&oh=00_AQLM4RT2wCs7_oQzES3l1t8adrtlqOAtFf7k09W_ITwt4g&oe=6AB430BB)
![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://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/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=PkXIkDT51j0Q7kNvwEpkMqR&_nc_oc=Adrth3Pp7VYrFPM4xhQ3W3dWcizy-wntZZl0NB7hxM3ALKGfumauLbFjGYM9h82TS_E&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=ISbjnPpg03mzh4vJ92O-Zw&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQJSoDah0x5Q_SrhLjNpqnxHP3wSd1Ui68Nxiua9415Efhg-N9b0GRKxL4l8MKrf_WaMQCU4Yt_o&oh=00_AQLM4RT2wCs7_oQzES3l1t8adrtlqOAtFf7k09W_ITwt4g&oe=6AB430BB)















































