A MURAQQA’PAGE ILLUSTRATED WITH IMAM HUSAYN'S HORSE DHULJANAH
Possibly Delhi, Provincial Mughal school, Northern India, late 18th – 19th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting Imam Husayn's Dhuljanah as a dappled grey horse, with a gold, dark blue and pink saddle decorated with floral and vegetal motives, gold reigns and harness, the scene set in a rocky hilly landscape, a black ink inscription in Urdu script attributing the painting to Imam Husayn’s horse, framed within gold, white, green and orange rules and a floral album border with gold and red flowers, the verso with a few black ink marks, 47cm x 31.6cm.