An illustrated and illuminated double sided album page signed by 'Abdullah Bukhari Ottoman Turkey, 18th century Gouache and gold on paper . . Cm 15,00 x 26,50. Fine painting depicting, on the front, two nightingales resting on a rose branch, with insects above them, and a composite page with two men engaged in conversation and two roses of different heights on the back. Both sides present edges with marble effects, the front within a frame with golden arabesques, and the rear with two panels with golden ribbons. Signed on the front, in the lower left side. Abdullah Bukhari (active between 1725 and 1750) was one of the most famous Turkish painters of the XVIII century, specializing in floral albums, and in female portraits. He was the court painter for the sultan Ahmed III (reigning between 1703 and 1730), during the period referred to as “Tulip Eraâ€, for the habit of court members and rich individuals of spending enormous sums of money even for a single rare tulip bulb.41x28 cm47x33 cm with frame