ID 932033
Lot 58 | IMAM 'ALI FIGHTING A LION
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
SULTANATE INDIA, 15TH CENTURY
An illustration from the Khusraw-nama of 'Attar, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 2ll. black naskh arranged in two columns above and below, within gold and blue rules, mounted and framed
Painting 4 1/2 x 4 3/4in. (11.3 x 12cm.); text panel 8 1/2 x 4 3/4in. (21.8 x 12cm.); folio 11 x 7in. (28 x 17.5cm.)
Provenance
The collection of Muhsin Sayyid Mahdi, Massachusetts, (1926-2007)
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