FÊTE CHAMPÊTRE

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27.04.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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ID 932248
Lot 55 | FÊTE CHAMPÊTRE
FÊTE CHAMPÊTRE

FOLLOWER OF MUHAMMAD QASIM, LATER ASCRIBED TO AQA SADIQ, SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Pen with ink wash on paper, set within gold and black rules and borders with eight panels containing Persian couplets in black nasta'liq, margins decorated with gold illuminated animals and foliage, the reverse with an associated page from a Shahnama of Firdawsi pasted upside down, 24ll. black nasta'liq arranged in four columns set within gold and blue rules and plain margins

Painting 6 7/8 x 4 1/2in. (17.5 x 11.5cm.); folio 13 3/4 x 9in. (35 x 23cm.)





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Kelekian Collection



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