AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A SHAHNAMA

Lot 30
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 30 | AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A SHAHNAMA
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£ 3 000 – 5 000
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A SHAHNAMA

TIMURID SHIRAZ, IRAN, FIRST HALF 15TH CENTURY

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper with 11ll. of black nasta'liq above and one below arranged in four columns, added illuminated sura heading above from a Safavid Qur'an, pasted onto plain card margins, set within gold and blue rules, the verso plain

Text panel 8 1⁄8 x 5 ¼in. (20.5 x 13.5cm.); folio 13 ¼ x 7 5⁄8in. (33.5 x 19.3cm.)

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