ISKANDAR COMFORTS THE DYING DARA

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Lot 3 | ISKANDAR COMFORTS THE DYING DARA
ISKANDAR COMFORTS THE DYING DARA

SIGNED MU'IN MUSAVVIR, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, FROM A MANUSCRIPT DATED AH 1059/1648-49 AD

From a Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with lines of nasta'liq in four columns above and below in clouds reserved against gold, the margins with further nasta'liq verse arranged diagonally, the chapter heading in blue thuluth on gold ground, the outer margin with artist's signature, laid down within gold and polychrome rules on gold-speckled card

Painting 9 1/4 x 4 1/2in. (23.5 x 11.6cm.); folio 36 1/2 x 12 3/8in. (46.9 x 30.7cm.)

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