An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa: Khosrow spies Shirin bathing, Persia, Safavid, Qazwin, mid-16th century
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March 31, 12:40 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ink and gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper, 4 lines of text in black nasta'liq script written in two columns above the painting, the reverse with two columns of horizontal and diagonal text, with double intercolumnar and interlinear rules in blue and gold, glazed, framed
painting: 18 by 13.6cm.
leaf: 28.3 by 17.2cm.
Formerly in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Sotheby's London, 14 April 2010, lot 70.
Sotheby's London, 14 April 2010, lot 70.
M. Baskhanov et al, Arts from the Land of Timur: An Exhibition from a Scottish Private Collection, Edinburgh, 2012, cat.no.483.
P. Pal (ed.), Islamic Art, LACMA, 1973, p.130, no.219.
P. Pal (ed.), Islamic Art, LACMA, 1973, p.130, no.219.