ID 727227
Lot 47 | BAHRAM GUR IN THE GREEN PAVILION
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, MID-16TH CENTURY
An illustration from the Khamsa of Nizami Ganjavi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 5ll. black nasta'liq arranged in four columns above, heading in white nasta'liq in a gold and polychrome illuminated panel, within gold and polychrome rules, catchword, the reverse with 19ll. of nasta'liq, minor repairs
Painting 9 1⁄2 x 6 7⁄8in. (24.3 x 17.3cm.); text panel 7 1⁄8 x 4 3⁄4in. (18 x 11.9cm.); folio 11 1⁄8 x 7in. (28.3 x 17.8cm.)
Provenance
Maggs Bros. Limited, unknown catalogue, no. 62.
| 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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