An illustration from Nizami's Iskandarnama from the Khamsa: An angel bringing a message for Iskandar, India, Mughal, circa 1600

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Auction Closed

April 24, 03:45 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

gouache heightened with gold on paper, the reverse with twelve lines of Persian verse in black nasta'liq script arranged in four columns, title in red, with double gold intercolumnar rules, margins trimmed

19.3 by 16.2cm.

Colnaghi, London, 1979

Acquired from the above, thence by descent

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