BAHRAM GUR IN THE BLACK AND WHITE PAVILIONS

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31.03.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 51 | BAHRAM GUR IN THE BLACK AND WHITE PAVILIONS
BAHRAM GUR IN THE BLACK AND WHITE PAVILIONS

SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Two illustrated folios from the Khamsa of Nizami Ganjavi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, four columns of black nasta'liq above and below, heading in blue nasta'liq against a gold floral ground, the reverse of one with 17ll. black nasta'liq in four columns, the other folio pasted to a mount, set within gold and blue rules, one folio with plain margins and the other remounted on margins with a floral vine

The black pavilion, painting 4 3⁄4 x 4 1⁄8in. (12 x 10.6cm); text panel 7 3⁄8 x 4 1⁄2in. (18.7 x 11.4cm.); folio 11 1⁄8 x 7in. (28.3 x 17.7cm.)

The white pavilion, painting 5 x 3 5⁄8in. (12.7 x 9.2cm.); text panel 7 3⁄8 x 4in. (18.7 x 10.2cm.); folio 15 1⁄2 x 9 3⁄4 (39.5 x 24.8cm.)

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