ID 1178295
Lot 30 | AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A SHAHNAMA
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
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.)
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722), Timurid (1378-1506) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722), Timurid (1378-1506) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| 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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