ID 727390 
Lot 51  | BAHRAM GUR IN THE BLACK AND WHITE PAVILIONS
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000 
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.)
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) | 
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia | 
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) | 
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia | 
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