400-year-old Mughal album page sells for £571,500, nearly five times its estimate
A Mughal-era album page showing a courtier sold for £571,500 at an auction in London. The work is attributed to the artist Manohar and includes calligraphy by Abdullah al-Husayni, dated to around 1608-09. The price far exceeded the pre-sale estimate of £80,000 to £120,000. The piece was part of the Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, whose total sale reached £5.28 million, also well above projections.
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