IMAM `ALI FIGHTING A LION

Lot 58
27.04.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 58 | IMAM 'ALI FIGHTING A LION
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£ 7 000 – 10 000
IMAM 'ALI FIGHTING A LION

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.)





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The collection of Muhsin Sayyid Mahdi, Massachusetts, (1926-2007)



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