ID 1178447
Lot 52 | ARDASHIR HEARING OF HIS ARMY'S DEFEAT BY HAFTVAD
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
ATTRIBUTED TO MU'IN MUSAVVIR, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN, CIRCA 1660
An illustration from the Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with 13ll. of black nasta'liq above and below arranged in four columns, verso with 27ll. with section heading picked out in red, set within gold and polychrome rules, the margins plain, catchword, mounted
Text panel 10 5⁄8in. x 6 1⁄8in. (26.9 x 15.7cm.); folio 13 ½ x 8 ¾in. (34.3 x 22.2cm.)
Provenance
With Richard Ettinghausen (d.1979),
Sotheby's London, 24 April 2013, lot 56
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| 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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