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SIGNED MANSUR NAQQASH, AJMER, MUGHAL INDIA, DATED AH 1025/1616 AD Ink and opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, recto with gold and polychrome floral illuminated shamsa, gold illuminated birds above and below, inscriptions with date of completion, seal impressions of Jahangir, Shah Jahan and 'Alamgir, verso with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece surmounting 12ll. of black nasta'liq aranged in two columns in clouds reserved against gold ground, within gold and polychrome rules, gold and polychrome scrolling floral margins, headpiece signed, minor pigment loss Folio 12 x 7 1/8in. (30.4 x 18.2cm.)
Our illuminated folio formed the opening page of a royal Diwan of Anwari. It is of great importance due to the significant provenance information it provides as a result of two royal inscriptions and numerous Mughal seal impressions. The illuminated verso headpiece also bears the signature of the highly celebrated court artist Mansur, who began his work in the atelier of Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605), but it was under Jahangir that his skills truly flourished and he was bestowed the title, Nadir al-'Asr (Wonder of the Age). The mystical creatures and birds delicately drawn around the shamsa are also features which appear frequently in Mansur’s works. Amongst the most well-known illuminations and border designs by Mansur are the borders of Jahangir's magnificent Gulshan Album (Golestan Palace Library, inv. no. M.1663)
