ID 1178284
Lot 47 | A SUFI ENTRANCED BY A MUSICIAN CASTS OFF HIS CLOAK
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
SHAYBANID BUKHARA, THIRD QUARTER 16TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set within gold and polychrome rules, the margins plain, verso with 8ll. of black nasta'liq with alternate lines set diagonally, within gold rules, the broad margins gold-speckled, some rubbing and loss to pigment
Painting 19.9 x 11.3cm. (7 7⁄8 x 4 ½in.); Folio 22.5 x 13.9cm. (8 7⁄8 x 5 ½in.)
Provenance
Acquired London trade, 1970s,
Thence by descent
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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