View full screen - View 1 of Lot 43. An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Barzu's mother prevents Rustam from killing her son, Persia, Qazwin, Safavid, last quarter 16th century.

An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Barzu's mother prevents Rustam from killing her son, Persia, Qazwin, Safavid, last quarter 16th century

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October 25, 04:59 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

gouache and ink heightened with gold on paper, 5 lines to the page written in nasta'liq in black ink within 4 columns, ruled in gold, red and black, verso with 25 lines to the page in black nasta'liq, a heading in red nasta'liq on a gold illuminated panel 


painting: 29.5 by 20.2cm. max.

leaf: 35.6 by 24cm.

Private Collection, Denmark, 1960s, thence by descent.