A SCENE FROM THE LUHRASPNAMA

Lot 60
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 6 000
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Lot 60 | A SCENE FROM THE LUHRASPNAMA
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£ 6 000 – 8 000
A SCENE FROM THE LUHRASPNAMA

THE PAINTING SAFAVID SHIRAZ, CIRCA 1550; THE MARGINS MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1610

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with four columns of black nasta'liq above, with a section header in white thuluth reserved against a gold cartouche set within a lapis, gold and polychrome illuminated panel, laid down on paper with gold illuminated margins, the indigo border with gold floral meander added, the reverse plain with light pencilled inscriptions, small touches of repainting

Painting 4 5⁄8 x 4 1⁄8in. (11.8 x 10.5cm.); folio 13 3⁄8 x 8 ¾in. (34 x 22.3cm.)

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