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45.6. Persian, 17th century (A. D. 1683-1684). A brass astrolabe: a northern 

 instrument fitted with a shackle for suspension equipped with a cord; 

 a rete or 'ankabtlt, four six-partite tablets, an alidade, a pin, and a bolt. 

 Surface ornament chased and engraved. Dated and signed by the 

 maker, Ustad Muhammad Zaman. 0.176 x 0.129 (diameter). 



PAINTING 



44.51. Chinese, Sung dynasty. By Mao I, fl. ca. A. D. 1165. Swallows and a 



willow tree: a fan painting in ink on silk. Signature and two seals. 

 0.250 x 0.247 (diameters). (Illustrated.) 



44.52. Chinese, Sung dynasty, 10th century. Mountain landscape: an album 



painting in color and ink on silk. One seal; two fragments of seals. 

 0.275 x 0.220. 



44.53. Chinese, Sung dynasty, 12th century. Style of Li T'aug. Winter scene ; 



with a man on a water buffalo carrying a ring-necked pheasant ; willow, 



bamboo, and ilex (?). An album painting in color and ink on silk. 



Two half seals. 0.235 x 0.245. 

 44.50. Chinese, Yiian dynasty. Attributed to Chao Meng-fu (A. D. 1254-1322). 



Three horses. Ink and slight color on silk. 0.267 x 0.219. 

 45.32. Chinese, Yiian dynasty, dated in correspondence with A. D. 1347. By 



Chao Yung. A horse and a groom in a red coat. A scroll painting in 



color and ink on paper. Signature and seal plus 25 seals and one 



inscription. 0.317 x 0.735. 



45.27. Indian, Mughal, second half of the 16th century. School of Akbar. The 



emperor Babur receiving the capitulation of Kabul in 910 H (A. D. 

 1510). "Work of Mahesh. Portraits by Basawan" (contemporary 

 attribution). Painted in colors and gold on paper. Text in nasta'liq 

 script. 0.334 x 0.202. 



45.28. Indian, Mughal, second half of the 16th century. School of Akbar. The 



abduction of a princess by sea. Painted in colors, gold and silver 



(oxidized) on paper. A small area of text in nasta'liq script. 0.174 x 



0.119. 

 45.9. Indian, Mughal, 17th century (ca. A. D. 1620). School of Jahangir. A 

 political allegory symbolizing the peace of the world. It represents the 

 two great rulers, Jahangir of India and Shah 'Abbas of Persia, standing 

 in mutual embrace upon the forms of a lion and a lamb crouched upon a 

 terrestrial globe, and surrounded by a golden nimbus. Painted in colors 

 and gold on paper as an album picture. Inscriptions. 0.238 x 0.153. 

 45.9A. The above picture is mounted within a floral border, painted in colors on 



a gold ground. Signed and dated : Muhammad Sadiq 1160 H (A. D. 



1747). 



45.29. Indian, Mughal, early 17th century. School of Jahangir. The world of 



animals. A wash drawing in pale tints. 0.234 x 0.117. Persian, early 

 14th century. Mongol (11-Khan) period. Two leaves from a Alandfi 

 'al-Hayaivan, with a text written in black and red naskhl script; one 

 title in blue angular kufl script, outlined in red. Paintings in color 

 and gold. 



44.54. Two owls in a tree. Paper : 0.242 x 0.199. Painting : 0.117 x 0.078. 



44.55. Two doves in a rocky landscape. Paper : 0.262 x 0.207. Painting : 0.086 x 



0.019. 



