![Item #4048 [EROTICA / CURIOSA]. A quantity of three original paintings on recycled leaves from...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4048.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1696975887)
India: 18th or 19th century (?). Three matted paintings (matte size: 323 x 266; leaf size: 215 x 145 mm; visible image: 170 x 115 mm), hinged to clear Plexiglas so that the manuscript texts on the versos are perfectly legible. Leaves with some soiling, edges slightly frayed along inner..... More
![Item #4018 [INDIAN PAINTING ON MANUSCRIPT LEAF: WESTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL BIRD]. Painted in gold and...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4018.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1687819089)
India: 19th or 20th century. Painting on manuscript leaf (ca. 270 x 160 mm), hinged on plexiglas so that the verso is visible, matted (matte size: 367 x 250 mm, some spotting on the matte). Manuscript leaf with some damage outside painted area; a very attractive ornithological painting. A delicate..... More
![Item #4019 [INDIAN PAINTING: AN IMAGINARY "DYNASTIC" SCENE WITH IMAGINARY WRITING]. Painted in...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4019.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1687967770)
India: 19th or 20th century. Painting with extensive gold, applied on a partially printed leaf with some manuscript annotations (ca. 358 x 260 mm), hinged on plexiglas so that the verso is visible, matted (matte size: 475 x 327 mm). Minor staining to the paper, but the painting is in..... More
![Item #4016 [INDIAN PAINTINGS ON MANUSCRIPT LEAVES: A BULL AND A CAMEL]. A pair of paintings in...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4016.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1687809774)
India: 19th or 20th century. Two paintings on manuscript leaves (ca. 300 x 220 mm), both hinged on plexiglas so that the verso is visible, both matted (matte size: 400 x 315 mm). Edges of manuscript leaves significantly worm-damaged, without loss to painting of the bull, but intruding in several..... More
![Item #4027 [EROTICA / CURIOUSA / ISLAMIC LAW]. Original painting, with designs of six animals in...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4027.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1689525068)
India: Early 20th century (?). Large painting on a manuscript leaf (in Arabic) from the "Sharh al-Wiqayah" by Burhan al-Shariah, Mahmud ibn Ubayd Allah (SEE BELOW), 353 x 216 mm, hinged onto plexiglas mount with clear tape so that the text of the manuscript is visible from the back; matted..... More
![Item #3217 [CURIOSA]. [A matching pair of strange Indian erotic paintings of exceptionally high...](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3217.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1600273962)
n.d. (19th or 20th century). Two illuminations on thin India paper some vertical creasing, professionally matted and framed. Ad 1 (priapus): 300 x 250 mm (frame size), 198 x 140 mm (visible), 147 x 93 mm (size of illumination). Ad 2 (she-devil): 306 x 231 mm (frame size), 205 x...... More
![Item #4270 [PRISON ART]. Archive of 39 pen and felt-tipped pen illustrations (mostly full-page)....](https://michaellaird.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4270.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1745984137)
Vacaville, CA: 2002. A quantity of 39 full-page pen and ink drawings, presented in 12 three-page "greeting cards," 9 two-page "greeting cards," and 3 single page drawings. Together with a quantity of Christmas cards (one in mailing envelope) and one original photograph. The artwork was formerly inserted into plastic sleeves..... More
