AN ALBUM PAGE: A SEATED PORTRAIT OF IMAM JA'FAR AL-SADIQ

Lot 47
25.09.2020 10:00UTC +00:00
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$ 3 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 47 | AN ALBUM PAGE: A SEATED PORTRAIT OF IMAM JA'FAR AL-SADIQ
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the nimbate figure kneeling on a floral carpet against a bolster on a balcony, laid down on an album page with gold and polychrome illuminated panels, with cartouches above and below comprising inscriptions in white nasta'liq on gold ground, the wide buff margins decorated with floral gilt motifs in a lattice framework
Painting 87/8 x 51/2 in. (22.6 x 14 cm.); folio 161/8 x 11 in. (41.1 x 28 cm.)
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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