`ABDULLAH ANSARI WITH ABU AHMAD

Lot 48
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 48 | 'ABDULLAH ANSARI WITH ABU AHMAD
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£ 4 000 – 6 000
'ABDULLAH ANSARI WITH ABU AHMAD

SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

An illustration to the Majalis al-‘Ushshaq of Gazurgahi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 5ll. black nasta'liq with keywords in blue set within a text panel set within the painting frame, set within gold and polychrome rules, the plain margins cropped, the verso with 14ll. black nasta'liq arranged in two columns set within gold and polychrome rules, pasted along the top edge to a later fabric lined card mount, framed and glazed

Painting 6 1⁄8 x 4 ¾in. (15.5 x 12cm.); folio 7 ½ x 6 1⁄8in. (19.1 x 15.1cm.)





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New York by 1971
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